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THE MASTERY SERIES. 



GERMAN. 



BY 



THOMAS PRENDERGAST, 

AUTHOR OF ; THE MASTERY OF LANGUAGES ; OR, THE ART OF SPEAKING 

FOREIGN TONGUES IDIOMATICALLY ' ; AND C HANDBOOK 

TO THE MASTERY SERIES.' 



NEW YORK: 
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 

90, 92 & 94 GRAND STREET. 
1870. 






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Engineers School Lfby. 



PEEFACE. 



The Mastery System is based upon the principles of 
the natural process pursued by children in learning for- 
eign languages, when they associate with foreigners, after 
they have learned to speak their own language. They are 
impelled by instinct to imitate and repeat the chance sen- 
tences which they hear spoken around them ; and, after- 
wards, to interchange and transpose the words so as to 
form new combinations. In the process of nature there is 
no teaching. But children learn to speak foreign tongues 
idiomatically without instruction of any kind — without 
even the aid of an interpreter. 

In the Manuals this process is systematized. 

As to the Language. — Long sentences are selected upon 
a new principle, and shorter sentences, or Variations, are 
evolved from them by rearranging those words and ex- 
cluding all others. These Variations are all complete 
idiomatic sentences. The primary sentences are divided 
into sections, each of which, with some of its Variations, 
forms a short lesson. 

The Sentences comprise those specialities of the mech- 
anism of the language which it is most important that the 
beginner should Master before he attempts to converse. 

The Variations are so devised that by mastering 100 
words, the beginner obtains the free and habitual com- 
mand of 100 complete sentences, with many more latent* 
Variations in reserve. * 

As to the Grammar. — The study is to be deferred until 

* See Handbook to the Mastery Series. 



4 PREFACE. 

this brief initiatory course of Mastery has keen completed, 
and then it will be found that a large stock of gram- 
matical knowledge of the language has been already at- 
tained without the use of a single technical term, of any 
rules, or of any instructions whatsoever. In this Manual 
the sentences are designed on a scholastic plan, in order 
to show with what facility this system can be applied to 
Greek and Latin. 

As to the Learner. — His course of proceeding is regu- 
lated upon a new principle which ensures the accurate 
retention, by the memory, of all the sentences learned 
from day to day. As all other forms of speech are ex- 
cluded, and as he is not allowed to have access to a 
Grammar, nor to compose any Variations for himself, 
he learns nothing but idiomatic diction, and as he learns 
it thoroughly, he cannot fail to speak idiomatically and 
grammatically also. 

The two great objects of a learner's ambition ought to 
be, to speak a foreign language idiomatically and to pro- 
nounce it correctly. And these are the objects which are 
most carefully provided for in this System. 

The chief peculiarities of the process, at the outset, are 
the frequency and shortness of the daily exercises, and 
the provision that, at the beginning of each sitting, the 
learner shall refresh his memory by hearing or reading 
the whole of the lessons previously received. Thus he is 
enabled to recall and reproduce the foreign sentences in 
their idiomatic order of arrangement with perfect accuracy 
and fluency. 

The Sentences and their Variations have been pre- 
pared by Herr Hermann Ludwig Theodore Sack, Teach- 
er of German at the Clapham Grammar School. 

The East India Unite* Service Club: 
London, December, 1867. 






I.— TO THE ADULT LEARNER. 

1. The term Masteey is employed in this work to denote the 
power of using the idiomatic forms of a foreign language as fluent- 
ly and promptly as those of the mother-tongue. 

2. The Mastery scheme requires that long idiomatic sentences 
shall be divided into very short sections, and shall be accompanied 
by their Variations in both languages. The beginner is not to 
compose any sentences for himself, but to receive them all ready- 
made and to commit them and their Variations very thoroughly 
to memory. 

3. The English versions of these Variations being placed 
separately before him, he must acquire by practice the habit of 
giving the foreign equivalent for each of them with the utmost 
fluency. They should always be translated in irregular suc- 
cession. 

4. The foreign Variations exhibit the constructions which are 
lying latent in each sentence. The English Variations are de- 

. signed to convey the exact power of each of the foreign Varia- 
tions, and to show the different senses in which the individual 
foreign words and combinations can be employed. The explana- 
tions thus afforded include everything that a beginner ought to 
know in relation to each lesson, and therefore the study of gram- 
mar is prohibited, during this initiatory course. 

5. This system sets no value upon the rapid acquisition of a 
lesson ; but it provides for the perfect practical retention by the 
memory, and for the fluent reproduction of every sentence and of 
every Variation which have been learned. 

6. In learning a language colloquially, the greatest difficulty is 
in the first stage, and the only danger arises from going on too 
fast, and thus overloading and confusing the memory. 

7. The beginner should carefully abstain from seeing or hear- 
ing any new words in excess of those included in the lesson of the 
day. 



G INSTRUCTIONS. 

8. If the beginner can bestow half-an-hour ^day, the best dis- 
tribution of his time and labour would be to make six efforts of five 
minutes each at equal intervals throughout the day. It would be 
more generally convenient, however, to take three sittings a day 
of ten minutes each, with intervals of about six hours' duration be- 
tween them. Or if he be very zealous, and can afford the time, 
he may take, during the first few days, six sittings of ten minutes 
each, or even twelve of five minutes each, because this latter 
course affords the nearest approximation to the natural process. 

9. If the beginner has previously acquired the pronunciation, 
he will have no occasion for a teacher, and he will commence by 
reading the first lesson and its Variations, and reciting them at in- 
tervals. If he has not already acquired the pronunciation, he 
must employ a teacher. Any foreigner, who has a correct pro- 
nunciation, may be engaged for this purpose. If he be employed 
for one hour a day, the time should be divided into three sittings 
of ten minutes each, the intervals being devoted to pursuits of a 
wholly different character. But as the reception of three lessons 
in rapid succession does not sufficiently accord with the principle 
of frequency, each of the first lessons may be expected to occupy * 
several sittings. 

10. The Variations of each lesson are to he mastered before a 
new one is commenced. The slightest hesitation in the use of a 
word in any one of the Variations, absolutely disqualifies the learner 
from advancing to a new lesson. In this respect he is not to 
judge himself indulgently but rigorously. 

11. He must commence every sitting by reading over all the 
previous lessons before he attempts to recite them. 

12. It is essential that he should always carry about with him 
in a compact form a copy of the English versions of those foreign 
Variations which he has already learned, in order that he may 
frequently practise translating them. He should also intersperse 
among them some equivalent English forms of expression convey- 
ing the same ideas in different words. But the latter should be 
submitted to a competent person for examination before he adopts 
them, and the various meanings of the individual foreign words 
should be incorporated in them under his orders. The German 
Variations should be carried about also on a separate paper, to be 
looked at before every such exercise begins. 

13. In learning anything by heart, repetitions are indispensa- 



INSTRUCTIONS. 7 

ble, and the mora- they are distributed throughout the day, the 
smaller will be the number required to impress the foreign phrases 
on the memory. Yery short sittings are recommended, because 
the work is not an intellectual one, and no ingenuity can make it 
so, except by the addition of what is extraneous. Moreover, the 
memory accomplishes its work much more effectually by highly 
concentrated efforts at intervals than by prolonged application. 

14. The importation of the study of grammar and the learning 
of words having no significant coherence are prohibited, because 
they confuse the memory and impede the colloquial attainment. 
On the other hand, the study of Grammar will be ultimately 
facilitated to a great degree by a course of Mastery first received. 

. 15. After going through the Manual, the learner may use the 
Paradigm in the Appendix, in order to familiarise himself with 
those inflections which have not been included in the sentences. 
For this purpose, he should select some of the English Variations, 
and alter them by changing the tenses and persons of the verbs, 
and then translating them by means of the paradigm. When facil- 
ity is attained in thus applying the omitted inflections in rapid 
succession, with the eye fixed upon the paradigm, and with fre- 
quent recapitulations, the learner may proceed to converse with 
foreigners and to read as many Grammars and other books as he 
may think fit. 

16. Those who have studied a language without practising it 
colloquially ought to follow the course here prescribed for begin- 
ners, and not to proceed more rapidly until they have mastered 
the first sentence and all its Variations. 

K B. — The first lesson may be divided into two, or if the be- 
ginner will condescend so far, into three parts, forming three days' 
work. In those instances in which there is an imaginary disabil- 
ity for the learning of languages, this will obviate the disagreeable 
necessity for devoting two or three whole days to one and the 
same lesson. There is no waste of time in learning very short 
lessons ; for by mastering each lesson in its turn, the learner con- 
verts what is generally considered a repulsive drudgery into an 
interesting and attractive recreation. 



II.— TO THE TEACHER. 

1. The Teacher's sole duty, at first, is to impart to the learner 
a correct pronunciation, and to prevent him from advancing too 
rapidly to a new lesson. "When teaching, he should never exhibit 
any sign of impatience, whether in word, look, tone, or gesture. 

2. The correct utterance of foreign sentences being of the ut- 
most importance, the beginner's chief care must be to attain it by 
imitating the movements of the vocal organs, and by echoing the 
sounds, the tones, the pauses, the accents, and the cadences of a 
foreigner's voice, in the rapid reiteration of each new section, and 
of its variations. It is, therefore, desirable that he should have a 
very clear, soft, and deliberate utterance. If the teacher speaks 
indistinctly, or roughly, or hurriedly, the beginner labours under a 
great disadvantage in learning the pronunciation. A difficult 
sound is never to be practised separately, but always between 
two others, and there must be no talking on either side even about 
the sounds. The pronunciation of a language may be, and ought 
to be, acquired within the compass of a hundred words. 

3. The beginner shall not undertake more than one lesson a 
day. But when the first six lessons have been mastered, the 
teacher may make additional Variations, by rearranging the 
German words into new combinations and placing them before 
the beginner with their English Translations. This will prevent 
the learner from going on too fast from lesson to lesson. (See 
preceding, Par. 4.) 

4. The German intonation and accentuation can only be ac- 
quired by imitation. The accentuation of English words is so 
arbitrary, and the orthography is so perplexingly anomalous, that 
when foreign words are presented to us in the Koman character, 
it is absolutely impossible for us to pronounce them aright with- 
out the aid of a foreigner. On this account, the learner should 
be prevented during the first three days from either seeing or 
hearing the sj)elling of any of the German lessons. After that, he 
may read the first lesson ; but he should not see the second until 



INSTRUCTIONS. 9 

lie can write the first from memory, in the printed characters, 
with perfect accuracy; and he should never be allowed to ad- 
vance to the writing of a new lesson except under the condi- 
tion that he shall on each occasion write all the preceding ones 
faultlessly. This Manual should, therefore, be kept by the teacher 
at first, and the pupil should have nothing but a written copy of 
the English Variations before him ; but after a few days the learner 
may be permitted to see each new lesson as soon as he has mas- 
tered it. 

5. As it is impossible to pronounce too well, or to recite the 
lessons too perfectly, however successful the beginner may be in 
pronunciation, and however perfectly he may know the lessons, 
the time must never be shortened, because he has to form the 
Tidbit of uttering them as correctly and as fluently as a native. 

6. The utterance of foreign sounds and tones is entirely me- 
chanical, and therefore the difficulty is not to be overcome by force 
of intellect, but solely by the practice of echoing a few syllables at 
a time, with a view to the formation of a habit. This can only be 
contracted by degrees, and therefore imitative repetitions at inter- 
vals are essential. 

7. The pupil must not be allowed to try to say the preceding 
lessons frQm memory at the beginning of each sitting, because this 
is the most fruitful source of inaccuracy. 

8. Whilst the pupil is translating the English versions of the 
Variations, the teacher is to prompt him, whether he likes it or 
not, so that not a second may be wasted in thinking. Guessing 
must never be permitted, and no time can be spared for talking. 
Grammatical explanations of all kinds and technical terms are in- 
admissible. 

Procedure during the First Fortnight. 

Fiest Sitting. — The teacher should begin by uttering the two 
last words of Section L, then the three last, then the four last, and 
so on. When the learner can utter the whole combination, the teach- 
er is to repeat it loudly and in rapid succession, and the pupil is to 
echo the sounds in connected sequence with equal vehemence and 
rapidity. He is not to ponder over the sounds, but to repeat them 
instantly, and almost simultaneously. A free translation may be 
given to him at first ; but he is not to receive an explanation of the 
individual words, until he shall have devoted five minutes to t the 



10 INSTPOJCTIONS. 

careful imitation of the teacher's voice. At the end of five minutes, 
the literal translation of the first section is to be placed before 
him, with the English version of the Variations ; and then he may 
echo the German Variations of the first lesson, but without seeing 
the German words. The teacher should point out in the English 
paper each Variation as he utters it. The intonation of the whole 
sentence is to be regarded as not less important than the pronun- 
ciation of the individual sounds. 

Second Sitting. — Section I. and its Variations are to be 
echoed in irregular succession six times. Then the pupil should 
alternately echo the German and translate the English Variations 
one by one, vigorously prompted. He should also point out, on 
the English paper, each Variation as he utters it. During this 
Exercise, he is not to read each English Variation aloud before he 
translates it. 

Thied Sitting. — Same as above. Eepeat this Exercise until 
the pupil can translate the Variations into German as rapidly 
as he can read them in English. If he can translate them all 
without hesitation, or error of any kind, he may commence an- 
other lesson. But the privilege of advancing to a new one 
must never be conceded, until he shall have mastered all the pre- 
vious lessons. This law should be inexorably enforced, because 
success depends entirely upon it. 

Foukth Sitting. — Lesson I. is to be echoed three times, and 
Lesson II. six times. All the ten German Variations are then to 
be echoed, and the English translated into German, one by one, 

alternately. 

Fifth Sitting. — Same as above. 

Sixth Sitting. — Let the two first lessons be echoed three 
times, and let five minutes be devoted to the echoing of the 
second German section. After which, one of the new Variations 
may be echoed, and one of the previous English Variations. may 
be translated into German, alternately. 

Seventh Sitting. — Echo the new lesson six times, and the 



INSTRUCTIONS. 11 

previous ones three times. Then echo one of the new Varia- 
tions, and translate one of the old into German, alternately. 

Eighth Sitting. — Echo the new lesson six times, and the 
previous ones three times, and then translate the fifteen Varia- 
tions into German, alternately. 

All succeeding lessons are to be conducted as prescribed for 
the sixth, seventh, and eighth sittings. 

Let it be observed, that five sittings are to be devoted to each 
Section and its Variations. 

All succeeding lessons are to be conducted in the manner above 
described. After the first seven lessons have been mastered, not 
more than the six preceding lessons need be recited in each sitting ; 
but the prior lessons should still be recited once a day, then three 
times a week, and ultimately twice a week. The long primary sen- 
tences, however, must be recited every day. These recapitulations 
will not be burdensome, if the volubility of utterance has been at- 
tained. On the other hand, if this is not acquired in every lesson 
at the beginning, the fundamental principle of the system is aban- 
doned. Mastery exacts a completeness far in excess of what is 
miscalled thoroughness in our schools ; and that completeness can- 
not be obtained except by the frequent reiteration of sentences 
with the words of which the learner is already quite familiar. 



THE MASTERY SERIES. 



G E K M A N. 



14 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



FIRST SENTENCE. 

Since the young friend of the rich man would not give the letter to the 
servant , you will be obliged to send for it for me directly. 

Lessons I. and II. 

. . . then you must cause to fetch it for me directly. 



Variations. 

I. 

1. Bring it to me directly. 

2. Are you going to fetch it for me directly ? 

3. You will be obliged to fetch it directly. 

4. Then you will have to fetch it. 

5. You must leave it to me. 



II. 

6. Are you going to send for it ? 

7. You must send for it at once. 

8. Leave it thus. 

9. Indeed ! are you going to fetch it ? # 
10. Then you must send for it. 



GERMAN. 15 



FIEST SENTENCE. 



Lessons I. and IL 



>fo tt>eri>en@iemir Uwgletd) Ijolen laffen mitffen. 

I then will you to- me it directly to-fetch to-cause to-be obliged 



Variations. 

!. 

1. Holen Sie ihn mir gleicli. 

2. Werden Sie ihn mir gleich holen? 

3. Sie werden ihn gleich holen miissen, 
4 So werden Sie ihn holen miissen. 

5. Sie mtissen ihn mir lassen. 



II. 

6. Werden Sie ihn holen lassen? 

7. Sie mtissen ihn gleich holen lassen. 

8. Lassen Sie ihn so. 

9. So! werden Sie ihn holen? 

10. So miissen Sie ihn holen lassen. 



16 THE MASTEEY SERIES. 

III. and IV. 

. . . has not willed to give the letter to the servant .... 



III. 

11. Won't you procure the letter for me ? 

12. Don't give that letter to the servant. 

13. Let him fetch it directly. 

14. Fetch me immediately that letter which you are not willing to 
give to the servant. 

15. Will you not give me that letter directly ? 



IV. 

16. Make the servant fetch me the letter which you wish to 
give me. 

17. Will you not give me the letter which you ought to give me ? 

18. Indeed ! you refuse to leave that letter with me ! 

19. You must not let him fetch that letter. 

20. You will be obliged to send for that letter for me. 



V. and VI. 

Since he, the young friend of the rich man, . . . 

v. 

21. The young valet of the young man's friend was willing to fetch 
me that letter. 

22. Must you not cause him at once to fetch the young man's 
valet ? 

23. The rich young gentleman was unwilling to send for the ser- 
vant's friend. 

24. Since that young man has refused to let the servant have the 
letter, you will be obliged to send for it for me. 

25. He was not disposed to give the letter to the rich friend of that 
young gentleman. 



GERMAK. 17 



HI. and IV. 

♦ ♦ ♦ bent £)iener ben SBrief nid)t $at gekn iwHen, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
. . . to-the servant the letter not has to-give willed . . . 

in. 

11. Wollen Sie mir den Brief niclit holen lassen ? 

12. Geben Sie dem Diener den Brief niclit. 

13. Lassen Sie ihn ihn gleich holen. 

14. Holen Sie mir sogleich den Brief, den Sie dem Diener nicht 
geben wollen. 

15. Wollen Sie mir den Brief gleieli geben ? 



IV- 

16. Lassen Sie den Diener mir den Brief holen, den Sie mir geben 
wollen. 

17. Wollen Sie mir den Brief nicht geben, den Sie mir geben mussen ? 

18. So ! Sie wollen mir den Brief nicht lassen ! 

19. Sie mussen ihn den Brief nicht holen lassen. 

20. Sie werden mir den Brief holen lassen mussen. 



V. and VI. 

2>a er, ber junge greunb be$ reidjen yflanntz, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
Since he, the young friend of-the rich man, . . . 



21. Der junge Diener des Freundes des jungen Mannes hat mir den 
Brief holen wollen. 

22. Mussen Sie ihn nicht gleich den Diener des jungen Mannes holen 

lassen ? 

23. Der reiche juDge Mann hat den Freund des Dieners nicht ho]en 
lassen wollen. 

24. Da der junge Mann dem Diener den Brief nicht hat geben wok 
len, so werden Sie mir ihn holen lassen mussen. 

25. Er hat dem reichen Freunde des jungen Mannes den Brief nicht 
geben wollen. 



18 THE MASTERY SEKIES. 



VI. 

26. Indeed ! Did lie not want to give the young man's letter to 
the servant ? 

27. Give me the letter of the young friend of the servant ! Directly ! 

28. Indeed ! Has he had it fetched for me directly ? 

29. As he would not give the letter to that young man, the rich 
friend has sent his servant to fetch it. 

30. You must not have the friend's letter given to the young ser- 
vant. 

Since he, the young friend of the rich man, has not willed to give 
the letter to the servant, you must therefore procure it for me 
directly. 



SECOND SENTENCE. 

If the old prudent teacher himself had given us that good counsel, we 
could hardly have made this great mistake. 

VII. and VIII. 

. . . could hardly have made. 

VII. 

31. Have you not made it ? 

32. Have you the letter which you wished to give to me ? 

33. Can't you let that letter which you have composed be given up 
to me directly ? 

34. Scarcely has the rich friend sent the letter to me, when you 
want to have it. 

35. You cannot have intended to make it. 



VIII. 

36. Was he unable to send for that servant for me directly ? 

37. Were you unwilling to fetch me the letter ? 

38. Won't you be able to give it me at once ? , 

39. The rich man's friend has been unable to send for the letter for 
the young servant. 

40. The young servant of the rich man has been unable to fetch it 
for the young friend. 



GEEMAK. 10 



VI. 

26. So ! Hat er dem Diener den Brief des jungen Mannes nicht geben 
wollen ? 

27. Geben Sie mir den Brief des jungenFreundes des Dieners ! Gleieh i 

28. So ! Hat er ihn mir sogleicb bolen lassen? 

29. Da er dem jungen Manne den Brief nicbt hat geben wollen, so 
hat der reiche Freund den Diener ihn holen lassen. 

30. Sie miissen dem jungen Diener den Brief des Freundes nicht 
geben lassen. 

Da er, der junge Freund des reichen Mannes dem Diener den Brief 
nicht hat geben wollen, so werden Sie mir ihn gleieh holen lassen 
miissen. 



SECOND SENTENCE. 

VII. and VIII. 

♦ ♦ ♦ ftwm gemadjt l)ahn fornten* 
. . . hardly made to-have to-be-able. 

VII- 

31. Haben Sie ihn nicht gemacht ? 

32. Haben Sie den Brief, den Sie mir haben geben wollen ? 

33. Konnen Sie mir den Brief, den Sie gemacht haben, nicht gleieh 
geben lassen ? 

34. Kaum hat der reiche Freund mir den Brief geben lassen, so 
wollen Sie ihn haben. 

35. Sie konnen ihn nicht gemacht haben wollen. 



VIII. 

36. Hat er mir den Diener nicht gleieh holen lassen konnen ? 

37. Haben Sie mir den Brief nicht holen wollen ? 

38. Werden Sie mir ihn nicht gleieh geben konnen ? 

39. Der Freund des reichen Mannes hat dem jungen JJiener den 
Brief nicht holen lassen konnen. 

40. Der junge Diener* des reichen Mannes hat ihn dem jungen 
Freunde nicht holen konnen. 



20 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

IX. and X. 

• . o would we this great mistake. 



IX. 

41. We should not have allowed him to make this great mistake. 

42. Would you be capable of letting that big servant make this 
great mistake ? 

43. This young man has declined to give to this servant this big 
letter. 

44. As you have declined to give the letter to the servant, would 
you give it to me ? 

45. We cannot let you do this at once. 



X. 

46. Must you not let him fetch this directly ? 

47. As you cannot make this immediately, we shall be obliged to 
send for the tall servant of the young gentleman. 

48. Would you not be able to have the young friend's large letter 
given up to me at once ? 

49. We shall not make the servant fetch the letter. 

50. We do not want to let him make the mistake which the 
servant has made. 



XL and XII. 

. . . had himself given us the good advice, . . . 

XI. 

51. The young man has himself given us that good advice. 

52. The frienpL himself might have given at once the advice we 
gave to the rich young man. 

53. If t\e servant had given the good advice to the young friend, 
he would not have been liable to make that great mistake, 

54. Would he not be able himself to give us the letter directly ? 

55. He ought not to have made that letter in this manner. 



GEEMAK. 21 

IX. and X, 

, , . ttiirben ir>ir Mefett grcfien Seller ♦ ♦ ♦ 
... would we this great mistake . . 

IX, 

41 . Wir wiirden ilin diesen grossen Fehler niclit haben machen lassen. 

42. Wtirden Sie den grossen Diener diesen grossen Feliler machen 
lassen konnen ? 

43. Dieser junge Mann hat diesem Diener diesen grossen Brief nicht 
geben wollen. 

44. Da Sie dem Diener den Brief niclit haben geben wollen, wiirden 
Sie ilin mir geben ? 

45. Wir konnen Sie dies nicht gleich machen lassen. 



X. 

46. Miissen Sie ihn dies nicht sogleich holen lassen ? 

47. Da Sie dies nicht gleich machen konnen, so werden wir den 
grossen Diener des jungen Mannes holen lassen miissen. 

48. Wiirden Sie mir den grossen Brief des jungen Freundes nicht 
gleich geben lassen konnen ? 

49. Wir werden den Diener den Brief nicht holen lassen. 

50. Wir wollen ihn den Fehler, den der Diener gemacht hat, nicht 
machen lassen. 



XL and XIX. 

♦ ♦ ♦ una ben guten SHattj fettjt gege&ett Jjiitte, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
... us the good advice self given had . . . 

XI. 

51. Der junge Mann hat uns den guten Rath selbst gegeben. 

52. Den Rath, den wir dem reichen jungen Manne gegeben haben, 
hatte der Freund selbst gleich geben konnen. 

53. Hatte der Diener dem jungen Freunde den Rath gegeben, 
wiirde er den grossen Fehler nicht gemacht haben konnen. 

54. Wiirde er uns den Brief nicht gleich selbst geben konnen ? 

55. Er hatte den Brief nicht so machen miissen. 



22 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



XII. 

56. Did he himself give this good advice to the young friend of the 
rich gentleman? 

57. Would you have given us the advice which the good young man 
has had conveyed to us ? 

58. Are you yourself going to fetch us the friend's letter ? 

59. He would have been unable to give us the advice which that 
young man has given to us. 

60. Had he given us the letter at once, we should then not have 
made this great blunder. 



XIII. and XIV. 

If that old and prudent teacher . . • 

XIII. 

61. We should not have given that advice to this old man. 

62. If the prudent teacher had the letter, he would give it to us. 

63. If you desire it, we shall be obliged to send to fetch him. 

64. If you mean to give us that letter, it will be necessary that you 
send the servant at once to fetch it. 

65. That young man and the clever teacher's old friend want to have 
the letter. 



XIV. 

66. The clever o]d teacher's friend ought to have given him this 
advice at once. 

67. If you had given us this advice at once, we should not* have 
made that blunder. 

68. Let us give this letter to the old man. 

69. If you don't want to have this letter, we shall give it to the old 
teacher. 

70. Shall we ourselves go at once to fetch him and the old teacher? 
If that old and prudent teacher himself had given us good advice, 

we should hardly have been able to make this great mistake. 



GEEMAIsT. 23 



XII. 

56. Hat er dem jungen Freunde des reiclien Mannes diesen guten 
Rath selbst gegeben ? 

57. Wiirden Sie uns den Rath gegeben haben, den uns der gute 
junge Mann hat geben lassen? 

58. Werden Sie uns den Brief des Freundes selbst holen ? 

59. Den Rath, den uns der junge Mann gegeben hat, hatte er uns 
nicht geben konnen. 

GO. Hatte er uns den Brief gleich gegeben, so wiirden wir diesen 
grossen Fehler nicht gemacht haben. 



XIII. and XIV. 

SBernt bcr alte unt> Huge Setter ♦ ♦ ♦ 
If that old and prudent teacher . . . 

XIII. 

61. Wir wiirden diesem alten Manne den Rath nicht gegeben haben. 

62. Wenn der kluge Lehrer den Brief hatte, so wurde er ihn uns 
geben. 

63. Wenn Sie wollen, so werden wir ihn holen lassen mussen. 

64. Wenn Sie uns den Brief geben wollen, so werden Sie den Diener 
ihn gleich holen lassen mussen. 

65. Der junge Mann und der alte Freund des klugen Lehrers wollen 
den Brief haben. 



XIV. 

66. Der Freund des klugen alten Lehrers hatte ihni den Rath gleich 
geben mussen. 

67. Wenn Sie uns diesen Rath gleich gegeben hatten, so wiirden 
wir diesen Fehler nicht gemacht haben. 

68. Lassen Sie uns dem alten Mann diesen Brief geben. 

69. Wenn Sie diesen Brief nicht haben wollen, so werden wir ihn 
dem alten Lehrer geben. 

70. Wollen wir ihn und den alten Lehrer gleich selbst holen ? 
Wenn der alte und kluge Lehrer uns den guten Rath selbst gegeben 

hatte, wiirden wir diesen grossen Fehler kaum gemacht haben konnen 



m 

24 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



THIRD SENTENCE. 

The little friend of the beautiful lady had the new carriage sent to 
the nearest railway-station, in order to drive to the town in it. 

XV. and XVI. 

The little friend of the beautiful lady . . . 

XV. 

71. The pretty lady-friend of the governess has sent the young man- 
servant to fetch the letter. 

72. The young maid-servant of the school-mistress has been obliged 
to fetch the teacher's letter. 

73. Don't you make the mistake which the rich lady's old friend has 
made. 

74. Have you not fetched the letter you intended to fetch ? 

75. Has he not fetched the letter for the friend of the old governess ? 



XVI. 

76. Are you not going to fetch the letter of the young lady-friend of 
the rich old lady ? 

77. Has the old lady-friend of the young governess sent for the let- 
ter for me ? 

78. He has hardly been inclined to give that advice to the young 
teacher of this rich old lady. 

79. If you don't want to let me have the young lady's letter, give it 
to the old teacher. 

80. Give the letter of the governess to the old servant, and make him 
bring it to the good and clever teacher. 



XVII. and XVIIL 

. . caused for herself the new coach 



XVI I. 

81. The little young lady caused this letter to be brought to me. 

82. The rich old man had the new carriage, which he had had made 
for himself, brought to him. 

83. This young lady had the old maid-servant sent for, who had 
fetched the letter. 

84 If the knowing lady-friend of the good old lady had not given 
us good advice, we should have made that blunder. 

85. The clever lady would have given advice to the old teacher if 
he had allowed himself to be advised. 



GERMAN. 25 

THIED SENTENCE. 
XV. and XVL 

Die Heine greimbte ber fd)bnen Qamt ♦ ♦ ♦ 
The little friend of-tiie beautiful lady . . . 

xv* 

71* ©te fdjone greunbtn ber £el)rerin $at ben ittngcn ©tetter ben 23rtef 
Ijolen laffen* 

72. ©ie iunge ©tenerin ber Mjrertn Ijat bm S3rtef be3 £el)rer3 Ijolen 
mitffen. 

73* Sftadjen <5te bett Seller md)t, ben ber alte greunb ber retdjen ©ante 
gemad)t l;at. 

74* £akn <5te ben SBrtef nt$t geljolt, ben ©te Ijakn jjjolen toollen? 

75* §at er bem greunb ber alien Secretin hm ^Brief ntdjt ge|)olt ? 



XV!. 

76* SSerben ©te ben SBrtef ber }ungen greunb in ber retdjen alien ©ante 
ntd)t I)oIen ? 

77. §at bte alte greunbtn ber jttngen 8e$rerm tntr ben 23rtef Ijolen 
Xaffcn? 

78 . (Sr tjat bem ittngen £el;rer btefer retdjen alten ©ante btn dlaty hum 
gekn roollen. 

79* SBenn <Ste tntr ben SSrtcf ber iungen ©ante ntdjt gekn ttwllen, fo gekn 
<Ste ifyn bem alten £el>rer. 

80* ©eben <Sie htm alten ©tener ben S3rtef ber Mjrertn, unb laffen <&k tfjn 
Hjn bem guten unb Hugen £etjrer fcrtngen* 



XVII. and XVIII. 

4 ♦ ^ liejj fid) bte mm ^ut(d;e ♦ ♦ . 
. . . caused herself the new coach . , . 

XVII. 

81* ©te Heine junge ©ante Xie@ mir biefen 23rtef fcrtngen* 

82. ©er reidje alte Wlam Iteg ftdj bte neue <ftutfd)e Mngen, bie er ftd) $arie 
mad)en laffen. 

83. ©tefe iunge ©ame Itep ftd) bte alte ©tenerin Ijclen, bie ben 23rtef gcljolt 
pte* 

84. SEBemt bte Huge grcunbm ber guten alten ©ame x\n§ btn guten dlcdl) 
md)t gegekn l)atte, foikben ixrir bm Scaler gemadjt Ijakn. 

85. ©ie Huge ©ame wurbe bent alten feeder Ocatl; gcgckn Ijakn, wemt er 
ftd) $alte Stattj gekn laffen. 



26 THE MASTEEY SERIES. 



XVIII. 

86. He had the servant sent for, and made liim bring the old man's 
letter, 

87. Bring me that new carriage which you have had made for yourself. 

88. We intended to have the coach made for us immediately. 

89. Can you not have the coach sent for at once for me which you 
were going to bring ? 

90. Would you not be able to cause the new carriage to be brought 
to me at once ? 



XIX. and XX. 

. . . to send to the nearest railway-station, 



XIX. 

91. Send to the railway-station, and have the old coach brought 
here. 

92. Will you send the servant to the nearest railway, and have the 
letter fetched for us ? 

93. The old lady's servant has had to take the new carriage to the 
station. 

94. Send me the old servant immediately, and let him bring me the 
letter of the clever young lady-teacher. 

95. If you should send to the railway, let the rich old lady's coach 
be fetched for me. 



XX. 

96. Since you have not sent us the letter, you will be obliged to 
order the servant to fetch it, 

97. If he had sent us the new coach at once, the young servant would 
have been able to fetch the old lady. 

98. He sent for the coach and the servant, and had the rich lady-friend 
and the young lady's-maid taken to the nearest large railway-station. 

99. Has the servant of the rich old lady sent the new carriage at 
once? 

100. If you will allow yourself to be advised, you will not commit 
that fault. 



GERMAK. 27 



XVIII. 

86* <£t Iteg ben £) tetter' tjoten unb tteg t^tt btn Srtef be$ aXten Sflannee 
ortngen. 

87* SMngen <Ste mtr bte neue $utfdje, bte Bit ftdj ^a6en madjen laffen. 

88* 2Bir Ijakn un$ bte tofdje gletdj mad)en laffen rootten. 

89 . $onnen Ste mtr bie iftitf$e ntdjt gletdj ^oXen Xaffen^ bte <3te Ijakn 
fcringen rooflen ? 

90* SSitrben Bit mtr bte neue ^utfdje ntd)t cjleic^ fcrtngen laffen fonnen? 



XIX. and XX. 

♦ ♦ ♦ nad) ber na^fien (Station ber gifenk^n fdjldeit, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
... to the nearest station of-the railway to-send . . . 

XIX. 

91. (£d)tcfen Ste nad) ber (Etfenftalmjlatiott, unb laffen Bit bte alte ihttfdje 
folen* 

92* 2Boften Bit ben Diener nad) ber nadjjlen (£tferi&a$tt fd)tden unb imS btn 
S3rtef ^olen Xaffen? 

93* Der Dtener ber alien Qamt X)at bte neue $utfdje nad) ber Station Mtt* 
gen mitffen. 

94. Sdjtden (Bte mtr btn alten Wiener gletdj, unb laffen (Bte if)n mtr ben 
SBrtef ber flugen iungen £el)rertn firingen. 

95. SBenn Ste nad) ber (£tferi&a$tt fd)tden, fo laffen (Bit mix bte ^utfdje ber 
return alten Qamt Ijolen. 



XX. 

96* Da <ste un$ ben 23rtef ntdjt gefdjtcft I;at>en, fo roerben <5te benDtener tljtt 
I)oIen laffen mitffen. 

97. $8tm er m$ bte neue Stutffyt gletdj $efd)tdt l;atte, fo roitrbe ber iunge 
Wiener bte alte Dame Ijaften Ijolen fonnen. 

98. (£r Xtcg bte ^uifdje unb ben Dtener Ijolen unb Itefs bte retd)e greunbtn unb 
bte junge Dtenerin nad) ber nadjfien grogen (Stfenfcafynftatton fcrtngen. 

99. §at ber Dtener ber retdjen alten Dame bte neue ^utfdje gletd) o>t* 
fdncft? 

100. 2Benn <3tc fid) roolfen Slaty gcktt Xaffen, fo roerben Sie btn %d)Ux 
ntdjt macfyen. 



28 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

XXI. and XXII. 
... in order to drive in the same to the town. 



xxi. 

101. Have you given the letter to the young lady ? 

102. The same old man who, when in town, gave that prudent advice 
to the good old teacher has caused that identical advice to be given to us. 

103. Are you going to drive to town to fetch the letter ? 

104. Let us drive to the station at once, to fetch the young man's 
little lady -friend. 

105. Did he not intend to drive to the old friend of the clever teacher, 
in order to give him the good advice ? 

XXI!. 

108. Give the servant the letter to bring it to town to me directly. 

107. We must send the old coach to town to have it repaired at 
once. * 

108. The servant has been obliged to have the rich old lady's coach, 
in which he intended to drive to town, repaired. 

109. Shall we go to town by rail? 

110. Are you going to order the old coach sent to me at the station? 

The little friend of the beautiful lady had the new carriage sent to the 
nearest station of the railway, in order to drive to the town in the same. 



FOUBTH SENTENCE. 

But at last the old female sent out for her box, because she had resolved 
to take, as soon as possible, her oft-projected long journey. 

XXHI. and XXIV. 

But at last the old female sent out . . . 

XXIII. 

111. The old lady sent her maid-servant out to have the letter fetched. 

112. The old woman declined to give the advice to the little boy. 

113. The young lady intended to drive the old lady in the carriage 
to the station. 

114. Have you at length fetched the letter for the rich man? 

115. The young man-servant fetched the old gentleman from the town. 



GERMAK. 29 

XXI. and XXXI 

♦ ♦ ♦ urn in fcerfelben jit ber (gut) ©tafct ju fasten. 

. . . in-order in the-same to the town to drive. 

XXI. 

101. $abm Sie ber jungett £>ame bett Brief gege^en ? 

102. -£>erfefl>e alte Wlam, ber bem ptett altert £ef)rer in ber <5tabt ben Hugen 
fjlafy gegefcen fjat, Ijat vm§ benfelkn Slaty gekn laffen* 

103. gafjren Sie nadj ber Stabt, urn ben Brief p Ijoten? 

104* £affen Sie un$ $Teid) nadj ber Station fa^ren, urn bie Heine Qreimbm 
be$ jungen $knne$ p ijolen. 

105. §at er nidjt p htm alten greunbe be$ flugen £etjrer$ fafjren ttollen, urn 
bemfelfcen ben pten £ftatf) p gekn ? 

XXII. 

106. (Men Sie bem £>iener ben Brief, urn il;n mtr gletc^ nad) ber <Stabt p 
fcringen* 

107. 2Bir muffen bie attc ihttfdje nad) ber Stabt fdjicfen, ttm fie gteidj 
mate p laffen. 

108. £)er Wiener $at bie Jhttfdje ber retdjen alten ©ante, in ber er pr Stabt 
l)at faljren rootfen, madjen laffen muffen* 

109* Swollen roir in ber ©tfenBafjn pr ©tab* fallen? 
110. Serben Sie mir bie alte $utfd)e pr Station fdjtcfen laffen? 
£)ie Heine greunbin ber fdjonen ©ante Iteg ftdj Me neue ihttfdje nadj ber 
nad)|1en Station ber (£ifent>afm fdjttfen, urn in berfelften p ber Qtabt p fallen. 



FOURTH SENTENCE. 
XXIII. and XXIV. 

Sifter enbltcfy (djicfte tie Sllte cms ♦ ♦ ♦ 
But at-last sent the old out . . . 

xxm- 
111* £>te 5Hte fdjidte iljre ©ienerin au§, urn ftdj ben Brief $o!en p laffen. 

112. £>ie mte rootfte bem Clemen ben Stall) ntdjt {jekn. 

113. £)ie Sunse rooHte bie 2Hte in ber $utf$e nadj ber Station fa^ren. 

114. Scrten Sie bem $eid)en ben Brief enbltdj gc^olt ? 

115. ©er junge ©iener f;otte ben 2Hten au<3 ber Stabt. 



30 . THE MASTERY SEKIES. 



XXIV- 

116. Fetch, tlie letter from inside the carriage, but do not give it to 
the teacher. 

117. If, however, yon are not able to take the drive yourself, let us 
send the clever boy. 

118. We might have given the letter at once to the teacher, but the 
young lady-friend objected. 

119. Will you not at last be able to have the coach fetched for us 
from the town? 

120. Very well ; then we shall not be obliged to send the servant. 



XXV. and XXVI. 

. . . and ordered her box, because site had the deter- 
mination . . . 

XXV, 

121. Order in for me immediately the new box, which you have 
had made. 

122. The old man has taken the letter there at once. 

123. You will find in the old box the letter you want to have. 

124. The pretty little friend of the old gentlemen sent her large 
box to the station, because she meant to go to town. 

125. Do you intend to fetch us yourself from the town, and to drive 
us to the station ? 



XXVI. 

126. We are obliged to drive ourselves, because your lady-friend has 
sent out the servant. 

127. The rich old lady has not been able to take a drive, because 
her maid had not ordered the coach. 

128. He did not intend to let the good old man take the letter. 

129. Have this letter taken for me to the post-office directly. 

130. The little lady has sent the box to her friend in her own 
carriage. 



GERMAN. 31 



XXIV. 

116* §oten ©ie ben S3rtcf au3 ber tofdje, after gefcen <3ie ttyn nidjt bem 
Setter* 

117* 2Benn Sie after ntdjt fetftjt fa^ren fimnen, fo Xaffen <Sie un3 bin ftitgett 
3ungen fdjicfen* 

118* SBir fatten bem Setter ben 23rief gtetdj geften fomten# after bte junge 
gremtbin n>oEte nid;t* 

119* Herbert (Bte wt3 md)t enblid) bte $utfd)e au$ ber Stabt Ijolen Xaffen 
fitonen? 

120. <Sd)im ; fo toerben roir bin £>tener nid)t p fd)tden ^aften* 



XXV. and XXVI. 

. ■ ♦ xmb Befteilte tfjre flijfe, well fie bfe $ttfl$t $atte, . ♦ ♦ 
. . . and ordered her box, because she the intention had 3 . . . 

XXV. 

121 ♦ S3ejMcn <Ste mir gXetd) bte ntut Mftt, bte Ste $aften ma$en Xaffen* 

122* £>er Stltc $at ben SBrtef gtetdj fteftetft* 

123* ®te n>erben ben SBriefv ben ©ic fyxften ttollen, in ber aXten $tjle 
pnben* 

124* £)te fd)5ne # Heine gremtbtn be$ atten Cannes fcfyidte ifjre groge $tjle 
ttadj ber Station, roeil fte pr <£tabt fasten ttcUte* 

125* ^aBen ©tc bte $ftfid)t, un$ felftjr att$ ber <Btabt p fjoten unb nadj ber 
Station p fa^ren ? 



XXVL 

12G* SBir muffen felbp fal;ren, t»eil 3§re greunbin ben Wiener auSgefdjttft 
i;at* 

127* SBetX iftre £)ienertn bte $atfdje nicfyt ftejMt tyatte, $at bte reidje $tte 
nid)t au§faljren fomten* 

128* (£r X;atte nid)t bie $ftftd)t, ben guten 2Uten btn SBrief ftejMen p 
Xaffen* 

129* £affen <5ie mir biefen S3rief gXeid) na§ ber $oj? ftejfeXXen* 

130* Die $Xeine Xjat tl)rer greunbtn bte iUjte in tX;rer Jhttfdje Xmncjcn 
Xaffen* 



32 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

XXVXI. and XXVIXL 

. . . the already often-proposed longer journey . . • 

XXVII. 

131. He has often intended to make the journey to London, but has 
not "been able to do it. 

132. Send me the larger, and to your friend the smaller box. 

133. If he has not given the letter to the servant, he has not had it 
himself. 

134. We have repeatedly intended to take this journey. 

135. The richer man has the finer coach and the wiser friend. 



XXVI I u 

138. Did the servant give orders directly about that box which has 
been sent to the station ? 

137. We cannot ourselves see about that letter which has been 
given to him. 

138. Did she herself drive you to the nearest station in her coach? 

139. He has very often wished to undertake that longer journey. 

140. If he had been able to set out at once, he would have taken 
the letter himself. 



XXIX. and XXX. 
. with all possible despatch to undertake. 



XXIX. 

141. Send me the letter as soon as possible. 

142. Are you going to take only this box to the station ? 

143. You will find the letter under the box, if you wish to 
have it. 

144. We advise the young man not to undertake this journey. 

145. She advised her pretty young friend not to go to town. 



GEBMABT, 



XXVII. and XXVIII. 

♦ ♦ ♦ W fdjon oft ttorgetjafcie langere 3tofe ♦ ♦ ♦ 
o . . the already often proposed longer journey . . 

XXV! I. 

, 131. (Ex fyxt fdjon oft tiQTQtljabu Me ffteife nctdj bonbon ju mad)en, tjat fte after 
nidjt mad)en fimnen. 

132* ©djtcfen <&ie mir bie grijgere unb 3§rem greunbe bie ftetnere $ijle. 

133. 2£enn er bem Wiener ben SBrtef nid)t gegekn tyat, fo t;at er itm felbfl 
Ktdjt gcl)at>t. 

134* 2Bir ^a^en fdjon After bte Steftdjt getyaftr, biefe ffteife $u madjen. 

135* £>er retdjere Sttarot $at bte fd)3nere ihttfdje unb ben flitgeren grewtb. 

XXVIII. 

136. $at ber Wiener bte nad) ber Station gefct)icfte $tj!e gleid) kjMt ? 

137. 2Btr fomten ben if)m gegek'nen S3rtef nidjt felfcj! kjMen. 

138. #at fte (Bte in iljrer $utfdje fen>(! gur nadjjren (£tfenM)n gefaljren? 

139. (Er fjat bte langere 9Wfe fdjon oft mad) en rx> often. 

140. (Er roitrbe ben SBrief fete (I BejMt l)akn? ttenn cr Ijatte gleid) fal;ren 
limnen. 



XXIX. and XXX. 

♦ ♦ ♦ fokfo ate nut mog(td) ju tmtmtetymetu 
. . . so-soon as only possible to undertake* 

XXIX. 

141. <Sd)t(fen Sie mir ben 23rief foMb aU mogtid). 

142. SBerbcn <3te nur biefe iEtjle nac§ ber Station ftrtngen? 

143. <5ie roerben btn S3rief unter ber $tj!e ft'nben, ttenn <5te il;n fjakn 
Pollen. 

144* 3Bir ratten bem jrmgen SDtamte, biefe Oleife ntdjt p untewefjmem 
145. <Sie l)at i^rer fc^oncn iungen greunbln btn OiatT) gegeSen, nidjt nad) ber 
<Stabt jit fatten. 



34 THE MASTEKY SERIES. 



XXX. 

146. Do not undertake to make this box directly, for you cannot 
do it. 

147. As soon as we are able, we will give your governess the letter. 

148. If you are only willing, you will be well able to do it. 

149. Did not this young lady advise the friend nbt to venture on 
that long voyage ? 

150. We do not often undertake to drive ourselves in that old coach 
to the town. 

But at last the old lady sent out for her box, because she was de- 
termined to undertake the often-projected long journey as soon as 
possible. 



. FIFTH SENTENCE. 

I hear that the ship, which was expected very early yesterday morning, 
will hardly be able to arrive here even this evening, in consequence, 1 
suppose, of the very bad iveather. 

XXXI. and XXXII. 

I Lear that the ship, winch was expected already early 
yesterday morning, . . . 

XXXI, 

151. As the old lady could not give the advice to her good friend 
yesterday, that friend made the great mistake. 

152. The old servant had expected the ship already yesterday morn- 
ing, and had intended to go in a boat to meet it. 

153. She has often intended to make the journey. 

154. The clever teacher had a coach ordered yesterday morning, in 
order to go to the nearest railway station. 

155. He caused himself to be taken to the ship early, and had in- 
tended to order the captain to come to him. 

XXXII. 

15G. The old lady sent her servant for the good teacher. 

157. She intends to have her box sent to the ship early to-morrow 
morning. 

158. Have you not heard that the ship could not start for London 
yesterday ? 

159. If the old servant has not sent the box by rail, we must wait 
for the next ship. 

160. Can you undertake to send this box to-morrow morning to the 
station for me ? 



GEEMA^T. 35 



XXX. 

146* ttnternetymen ©te nidjt biefe $ij!e gleidj $u nta$en, toeil" Ste ttt^t 
ftmnetu 

147* (SoBatb al<3 n>tr fonnen, Herbert totr Styrer £e|rerin htn 33rief gekn* 

148* SBenn (Bie nur toolTen, fo ioerben <3ie fdjon ffanen* 

149* §at biefe junge ©ante ber Sreunbtn nidjt geratt)en, bie lange $eife nidjt 
in unterneBmen? 

150* 2Bir unterneljmen nidjt eft, fettjl in ber alten $utf$e nadj ber <stabt in 
faljren* 

SIBer enbltd) fd)idte bie Stltc au$, unb fceftettte itjre $tfte, wett fte bie 
9ftftd)t tyatte, bie fdjon eft sorgel)a£te Xattge IReife fooalb al$ nur ntogltdj ju 
rotterne^men* 



FIFTH SENTENCE. 
XXXI. and XXXH. 

3$ $Bre, bap bas fdjon geftent Sftorgen friilj erwartete @d)tfif„* 
I hear tliat tlie already yesterday morning early expected ship . . . 

XXXI- 

151* ©a bie alte ©ante tfjrcr guten greunbtn gejlem t>tn Sftatl) nidjt tjat geften 
ffanen, fo tjat btefelk ben groJ3en Seller gemad)t* 

152* ©er alte Wiener fatte b<x$ <S$iff fd)on gejlem Bergen ertoartet, unb 
Ijatte *>orgel)aI)t, nad) bemfelkn ju fatjren* 

153 ♦ <£ie §at fdjon oft $orge|a'ot, bie 9tofe $u ntadjen* 

154* ©er Huge £e|rer Itcg fid) geftem fritt) eine $utfdje tJeftellen, tint ju ber 
nadjften (£tfenfta|nftation ju fatten* 

155* <£r Xieg ftdj fdjon friilj pm 6d)iff fatjren unb Ijatte sorgeljatJt, btn 
(Sajntatn (or Captain) p ftdj ju kfteften* 

XXX! I. 

156* ©ie alte ©ante fdjidte ttjren ©tener unb tiefj t>m guten £ef)rer ju ftdj 
fcejMen. 
157* 8ie ttnH fid) ityre $ifte morgen frittj nad) bent Sdjtffe fdjicfen laffcn* 

158* £akn 8te nidjt geljort, bap ba$ ©djtff gejlem nidjt nadj £onbon $at 
fasten f fatten ? 

159* 28enn ber alte ©tenet bie $ij!e nid)t nut ber (£ifenkijn gefd)tdt ^at P fo 
ntitffen toir baS nadjfte ©djiff ertoartem 

160* ffanen 8ie unternefjmen, ntir biefe $ifle ntorgen fritt) nadj ber (Station 
iufd)iden? 



36 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

XXXIII. and XXXIV. 
. . . even this evening, as I believe, . . . 

XXXI II. 

161. Her old friend has, I hear, been unable to take tlie intended 
trip to town this evening. 

162. He would not even believe the old teacher. 

163. I do not hear so well as his servant. 

164 As the old lady mistrusted the advice of her servant, she made 
yesterday, as I hear, the mistake which you and your friend ex- 
pected. 

165. The rich lady expected her ship to arrive yesterday. 



XXXIV, 

166. If you have only got that little box, we can take it ourselves 
to the station in the carriage to-night. 

167. As you won't believe me, send for the old servant, and hear 
him. 

168. Do you think we shall be able to start for London to-morrow 
morning ? 

169. His little friend will not undertake that voyage, because her 
old teacher has advised her not to go. 

170. If we cannot send the letter to-night, we think that the old man 
will take it to town to-morrow morning. 



XXXV. and XXXVI. 
... on account of the very bad weather, hardly . . . 

XXXVa 

171. The ship has not been able to leave to-day, on account of the 
bad weather. 

172. The servant of the rich young lady thought he might expect 
good weather to-day. 

173. The lady often took a drive in her old coach, even in very bad 
weather. 

174. I did not expect this bad weather. 

175. If the young teacher had believed the advice of his friend, he 
would hardly drive out to-day in the bad weather. 



GERMAN. 37 

and XXXIV. 

♦ ♦ ♦ fettfl I)eute 2E&ent>, t»ie id? glaufee, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
. . . even to-day evening, as I believe, . . . 

XXXIII- 

161* 3$r alter Sreunb fjat, rote tdj Ijore, ^eute Slfcenb tie m$tl)abtt $etfe 
nad) ber Stabt nidjt madjen lonnen. 

162* (Er §at nid)t einmal bem alien M)rer gfauSen rootlen. 

163* 3dj pre ntdjt fo ant, rote fein ©iener. 

164* ©a bie alte ©ante bem fRatt) ifjrer ©ienertn nidjt Ijat glauBen roollen, 
fo l)at fte, rote idj pre, geftern bm Sefler gemad)t, ben Sie unb 3f)r greunb 
crroartet Ijakn. 

165. ©ie retdje ©ante §at il)r <od)iff fdjon gejlern erroartet. 



xxxi v. 

166* Senn Ste mtr bie Heine $t(le Ijakn, fo lonnen rotr fte Jjente $l>enb 
feloft in ber $ntfd)e nad) ber (Station Mnam. 

167. ©a <&k mir nidjt glaukn roollen, fo faffen <Sie ben alten ©iener tyolen 
nnb §oren (Bie tfm. 

168* ©laukn <£te, ba$ rotr morgen frit$ nad) bonbon roerben fafyren 
lonnen? 

169 ♦ Seine Heine greunbin roift bie 9tofe ntdjt untemeljmen,' roeii" i(jr alter 
£el)rer ifjr btn Cftatlj gegekn l)at,mtd)t p fatten. 

170. Senn roir ben SBrtef Jjeute $l>enb nidjt fd)icfen lonnen, fo tftaukn roir, 
bajj ber alte $lann tyw morgen frill) nad) ber Stabt orina,t. 



XXXV. and XXXVI. 

♦ ♦ ♦ ttegett U$ feljr fd}led)tett SBetterS, fdjwerltd) ♦ ♦ ♦ 

. . . on-aceount of-the very bad weather, hardly . . . 

XXXV. 

171. ©a# <£d)iff tjat roegen bes fd)led)ten SBetter^ Ijeute nid)t fal)ren 
lonnen. 

172. ©er ©iener ber reid)en, jm&n ©ante §at geajanot, $eute fdjone£ 
Setter erroarten $n lonnen. 

173. ©ie ©ante Jtefj ft<§ oft, felojr in fcl)r fc^Tecr)tem Setter, in il)rer alten 
tfutf<$e auSfatjren. 

174. 3dj tyaoe ba$ fdjled)te Setter nidjt erroartet. 

175. Senn ber {una,e £efjrer bem SRafyt feuteS grennbe$ gc<jTaut>t Ijatte, fo 
roitvbe er r)eute in bem fd)led)ten Setter fdwerlidj au£fal)ren. 



38 THE MASTERY SEEIES. 



XXXVI. 

176. I had intended to-day to take a journey to the nearest town ; 
but on account of the very bad weather, the ship and the trains do 
not start. 

177. I hear the coach which the servant has ordered. 

178. Her friend sent for a coach yesterday, as he did not expect to 
be able to go by boat, on account of the bad weather. 

179. If we have the same bad weather to-morrow as to-day, we 
cannot possibly go to town. 

180. As you cannot possibly go to-day, on account of the bad 
weather, you will have to wait here. 



XXXVII. and XXXVIII. 

. . . more here will arrive. 



XXXVII. 

181. We cannot send the old servant any more to-day. 
183. She would not give me her good advice any more. 

183. The servant will not come again to-day, as I hear. 

184. He can scarcely have intended to order that coach for himself. 

185. If we want to drive to town, we send the old servant to order 
the carriage. 



XXXVI II. 

186. I should go by rail. 

187. Shall we travel to-day? 

188. If she does not trust her old friend's counsel, we will not listen 
to her any more. 

189. He will send for the letter presently ; pray let him have it. 

190. Do you think that the ship will be unable to arrive here to-day, 
on account of the weather ? 

I hear that the ship, which was expected early yesterday morning, 
can, as I believe, hardly arrive here this evening, on account of the 
bad weather. 



39 



XXXVI. 

176- 3d) I)atte Jjeute sorgetyafir, bit fRcife pr nad)fien ©tabt p madjen ; 
bae <3djiff unb bie (Eifertk^n fallen akr bee fel)r fc^Iec^ten abetters ix>egen 
Ijeute nid)t* 

177. 3d) Jjore bie $urf$e, bte ber £>tener BefMt $<tt* 

178* 31)r greunb ltc§ ftd) gefrern bte $tttfdje kfMen, ba er gtattke, roegen 
be^ fd)led)ten SBctter^ ntdjt in bem (Sdjiff fasten p fonnen. 

179* SBenn rotr morgen baffelk fdjled)te better f)at>en, rote $eute, fo fonnen 
roir immoglidj pr ©tabt fallen. 

180* 2)a <Sie, roegen bee fd)led)tcn SBettere, unmogltdj $eute fa$ren fonnen, fo 
roerben <&& tyter marten mitffem 



XXXVII. and XXXVIIL 

♦ + + ntetyr |ier attfommctt ttrfrb* 
. . . more here arrive will. 

XXXVII. 
181* SBtr fonnen ben alten Wiener Ijeute ntd)t mefjr fcfjtden. 
182* <5te §at mir ttjren guten fRat^ ntdjt me$r get) en rocffen* 

183. £>er £>tener toirb/ roie id) Ijore, ^eute nidjt ntetyr fommen. 

184. (Er Ijat fdjroerltdj sorgefjak, ftd) bte $utfdje ju fcejreEetu 

185. 2$enn rotr pr 8tabt fafjren rotten, fo fd)tden rotr ben alten 2)tener, urn 
bie ihttfdje p kjMen. 



XXXVIIL 

186. 3d) roitrbe in ber (EifenWjn faljren. 

187. Swollen rotr Ijeute bte Sfcetfe tnadjen ? 

188. ©laubt fte bem IRat§ tfyree alien greunbee ntdjt, fo rooffen rotr fte ttidjt 
wel)r fyoren. 

189. (Er rotrb ftd) ben 33rtef gteidj r)o!en laffen ; laffen ©te il;n t^n nur 
rjakn. 

190. ©taukn <&k, bajji ba§ <odjtff bee SBettere roegen l)tutt ntdjt fytx an* 
fommen fonnen rotrb ? 

3d) I;ore, bag ba^> fd)on gejrern $iorgen frittj erroartete <Sd)tff fefljft $eute 
5lknb, rote tdj glauk, roegen bee fd)Ied)ten SBettere, f^tverXict) mefjr Ijter an< 
fommen roivb. 



40 THE MASTERY SEEIESo 



SIXTH SENTENCE. 

We will for once follow him and Ids friend, and toe had better have the 
lighter part of the luggage fetched directly, and taken to the neigh- 
boring hotel ; and we will go to bed there as soon as possible. 

XXXIX. and XL. 
We will follow him and his friend for once, . . „ 

XXXIX. 

191. He lias not felt disposed to folio w the good advice which his 
old friend has caused to be given to him. 

192. His old teacher would not undertake to advise him. 

193. I believe that he has once before made a longer excursion in 
England. 

194. If you will only wait, you will soon learn that you will be 
obliged to be here to-morrow morning. 

195. The old man probably will not consent to fetch the letter. 

XL- 

1 96. The coach will with difficulty be able to convey the luggage. 

197. Come as early as possible, and don't keep us waiting. 

198. Have you sent the servant once before to-day to town to the 
old lady, to fetch the box ? 

199. The journey is longer than I had thought, but very beautiful. 

200. Come, if possible, to-night ; but if you can't, we shall expect 
you in good time to-morrow. 

XLI. and XLII. 
. . . and rather fetch the lighter luggage directly, . . . 

XLI. 

201. The servant has sent the luggage to town in the coach. 

202. He has sent his servant to town to fetch a lighter coach. 

203. When the carriage of the lady's rich friend arrives, we will 
send the servant to town at once. 

204. As soon as the boat arrives to-morrow, we will go to fetch his 
long-expected friend. 

205. He will most likely prefer to go to town to-day, rather than to- 



GERMAN. 41 



SIXTH SENTENCE. 

XXXIX. and XL. 

SBtr rotten t$m imt> feittem greunb etnmat folgctt, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
We will him and his friend for-once follow, . . . 

XXXIX. 

191* (Er §at bent pten Otatl;e, btrt i§m fein alter greunb $at gekn taffen, 
inc^t folgen tooffen* 

192* ©etti alter £ef)rer fjat nidjt nnterneljmen toollen, il;m $u ratten* 
193* 3dj glaitoe, bap er fdjon fritter einmal etne langere ffteife in Gmglanb 
gemad)t $at. 

194* SBcttti <©ie nur marten rooften, fo t^erben €ne gleidj fjoren, bap <©ie mor* 
gen friity ioerben tyier fein mitffen* 
195* £>er alte $knn roirb ben SSrtef fd)ttertidj Ijolen ioollen* 

XL. 

196* £)ie $utf$e roirb ba$ ©e^acf hum fa^ren fflmtett* 

197* ^ommen 8ie fo frit!) tx>te mogltd) unb laffen (sie un3 ntdjt marten. 

198* $aktt Sie ben Wiener I)eute fd)on einmal ju ber alten£>ame in bie <Siabt 

Gefdjitft, urn bie $ijre in ^olert ? 
199* £>te SRetfe iji langer, a!3 id) geglattft Ijatte, after fefjr Won* 
200* $ommen <5ie, roenn moglidj, Ijeitte Slftenb ; toenn <Ste after nidjt fon* 

nen, fo toerben toir ©te morgen frul) emarten* 

XLI. and XLII. 

♦ ♦ ♦ imb fca<3 leidjtere ©epiicf liekr gletd) Jjolen, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
. . . and the lighter luggage better directly fetch, . . . 

XLI. 

201* £)er £)tener fyat b&§ ©epacf in ber $utfdje jur <5tabt $cfd)icfh 
202, (£r I;at feinen £)tener nad) ber <5tabt gefefyteft, urn erne Ietd)tere tfutfdje 
ju tyolen* 

203* SCBcnti bie $utfdje be3 retdjen gremtbeS ber ^)ante anfommt, fo rooUcu 
ttrir ben Wiener gletdj pr ©tabt f^icfen* 

204, <£ofta!b als ba£ <Sdjtff morgen anfommt, roollen roir feinen lange erttar* 
teten greunb $oIen. 

205* (Er nrirb liefter tjeute, aW morgen nac$ ber Stabt fafren tooHen* 



42 THE MASTERY SERIES. 






XLII. 

206. Has his servant fetched his luggage already? 

207. Will you not rather send the servant to the post-office ? 

208. He has sent the luggage to town by coach this morning 
already, because the stage will not go any more to-night. 

209. Allow yourself at length to be advised for once, and do not go 
any more in that bad old boat. 

210. If the luggage should arrive to-day, send it for us to the hotel 
directly. 



XLXII and XLIV. 

. and cause to be taken to the nearest hotel, . . 



XLIII. 

211. The lady is going to have her luggage brought to the railway 
to-morrow morning. 

212. Your friend ordered his coach to be brought for him to the 
station, but it will not arrive. 

213. On account of the bad weather, we will rather let the luggage 
be taken to the station at once in the coach. 

214. If I did not expect the luggage, I should drive to town at 
once. 

215. Shall we drive to the hotel at once ? 



XLIV. 

216. She would not consent to be driven to the neighboring town 
not even in the old lady's carriage. 

217. Send me the wine I have ordered at once, if you can, 
to-night. 

218. If you have not already taken this journey, you can hardly 
believe how easily you can do so. 

219. Believe me, that that young man would rather have followed 
his old teacher's advice than not. 

220. If you go to town, fetch me that box we have left at the 
hotel. 



GERMAN. 43 



XLII,' 

206* §at fern Wiener fcitt ©epad fdjon gefjolt ? 

207* SBctfen <Sie nid)t Itekr ben £)tener pr $ojt fdjiden? 

208* <£r Ijctt ba3 ©epacf fc^on Ijeute Sttorgtn in ber $utf$e nad) ber <Stabt 
gefdjttfr, toetl bte Soft ijeute 2Ifcenb ntdjt meljr fasten roirb* 

209 * £affen ©te ftcf) enbltdj einmal rat^en^ unb fasten Sic md)t metyr in bem 
alten fcfyledjten ©djtff* 

210* SBenn ba3 ©epatfljeute anfommt, fo fdjtcfen @ie im§ baffelk ajeidj nadj 
bem §oteL 



XLIII. and XLXV. 

♦ ♦ ♦ unb ju bem nctl)en ©ajtyaus Wttgen laffen, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
c . . and to the near hotel to-bring cause, . . . 

XLIII. 

211, 3Me Dame roirb ftdj i$r ©epad morgen fritlj nadj ber (£ifenoa$n fcringen 
laffen* 

212, 31)r Sreunb I)at ftd) feme $utfd)e &u ber Station fjoten laffen, aoer bte* 
fel&e rotrb nidjt anfommeiu 

213* £$ea,en be3 fdjledjten 3Bettcr3 rooHen rotr ba$ ©epac? Itekr gletd) in ber 
$irtf$e $ur Station fcrtngen laffen* 

214* SBenn id) ba<3 ©epad nt$t erroartete, fo ttitrbe id) gletdj nac^ ber 
(Stabt fa^ren* 

215* Swollen rotr gteid) nad) bem §oteI fatten? 



XLIV 

21G* <3tc fyat fid) nidjt einmal in ber ihttfdje ber alten ©ante nad) ber'natycn 
(Stabt faljren laffen rooEen* 

217* ©djufen <ste mtr ben 2Mn, ben idj bejMt Ijak, roennSte fonnen, ajcidj 
I)ettte 5H>enb* 

218* (Bit fonnen !aum gtauoen, rote letd)t <5te bte Sftctfe madden fonnen, roenn 
<5te fte nidjt fel&fi $emad)t tyaoen* 

219* ©laukn Ste mtr, bafi ber junge Sftann bem fRatl)e feineS alten MjrerS 
IteBer gefolgt fjatte, al$ nidjt* 

220* SBctttt ©ic nad) ber ©tabt fafjren, fo Ijolen (Bte mtr bte ^tjre, bte ttrir 
in bem ©aftyauS gelaffen fyakn* 



44 THE MASTEEY SERIES. 

XLV. and XLVI. 
o . . and go to bed there as soon as possible. 

XLV. 

221. Come early, if you can. Very well, we will come as soon as 
possible. 

222. Put the letter into the box, and leave it there. 

223. Shall we go to bed so early ? 

224. His friend wanted to send for his luggage as soon as possible, 
but the servant preferred not to fetch it to-day, on account of the bad 
weather. 

225. If he does not believe the good advice of his friend, he will 
make that great blunder. 

XLVI. 

226. If she intended to take her friend's prudent advice, she would 
drive to town at last. 

227. He wanted to take the journey himself. 

228. She has not even wished to take the beautiful tour. 

229. The old servant has intended to go to bed very early to-night ; 
he feels very ill. 

230. The man who offered to fetch the box for the young lady's 
friend to whom he had brought the letter, has been obliged to leave 
it in town. 

We will for once follow him and his friend, and have the lighter 
part of the luggage fetched directly and taken to the neighboring 
hotel, and go to bed there as soon as possible. 



SEVENTH SENTENCE. 

A pressing Utter from a sick business- acquaintance, which has just been 
brought to me, renders it necessary for me to take a short excursion 
to visit a small watering-place on the northern coast of Germany. 

XLVXL and XLVXII. 

A pressing letter from a sick business-friend, . . . 

XLVII. 

231. The good old man intended to take that pressing letter himself 
to the post at once. 

232. The old friend of the rich lady wished to fetch the long letter. 

233. The next letter from his sick friend can hardly arrive to-day. 

234. His long-expected business-acquaintance will arrive to-day at 
last, and bring the long-expected letter of the beautiful young lady, 

235. As soon as that letter arrives, he will be able to make the 
long-intended journey on business. 



GERMAN. 45 

XLV. and XLVL 

♦ ♦ * uttb un$ ba tnoglMfi Mb in$ Sett legen* 
. . . and us there possiblest soon into-the bed lay. 

XLV. 

221* 2£enn Siefonnen, fo fommen ©te fritfj! &ty'6nl roir roerben moondjfr 
&alb fommen* 

222* £e$en 8ie ben Brief in bie $tjre itnb laffen <3ie il;n ba* 

223* Soften roir nn3 fc^on fo friir) in3 Bett legen ? 

224* <&tin grennb Ijat moalid)ft £al,b nadj fetnem ©epaff fdjicfen ttwffen, 
akr ber Wiener ^at baffelfo be3 fdjledjten SBetter^ tt>ea,en $mtt lieoer nid)t §olen 
. vooften* 

225* ©lauBt er bent gulen Slaty feineS greunbeS ntc^t, fo toirb er Un gro£en 
Setter raadjen* 

XLVI- 

226* SBenn fie bie $lBftd>t Ijcttte, btn llugen Slaty tyxtx greunbin ju fjoren, 
fo roiirbe fie enblid) einntal $xx <Stabt fai)ren* 

227* (£r §at bie IRetfe felofl mad)en rooften* 

228* (Bie Ijat fefljfl bie fdjone Sfreife nidjt mad)en rooften* 

229* Der aXte Diener rjat sorgeljaBi, ftdj $eute 2Iknb fer)r fritr) in3 Sett jit 
Xegen ; tl)m ift fer)r fdjledjt* 

230* Der SKann, ber ber greunbin ber jungenDame, ber er btn Brief gecradjt 
tyatte, bie $ijte r)at r)olen rooften, r)at fte in ber (Stabt laffen miiffen* 

2£ir rooften tlmt unb feinem grettnb einntal folgen, unb ba$ leic^tere ©epad 
lieoer gleid) r)olen unb &u bent nar)en ©ajll)au3 IJrincjen laffen, itnb un<3 bamoglid)fi 
balb in3 Sett legen* 



SEVENTH SENTENCE. 

XLVII. and XLVXH. 

Sin brtttflettber Srlcf etned frcmfet* ®ef$Sft$fretttt6e$, • ♦ * 
A pressing letter of-a sick business-£riend 5 . . . 

XLVIi. 

231* Der pte alte '3Jtonn $at ben bringenben Brief gtetd) fefljft $ur 9)ofi &u 
fcrmgen ^orgel)abt* 

232* Der alte greunb ber retdjett Dame I>at ben langen Brief §olen 
vooften* 

233* Der ndd)|le Brief feiueS franfen greunbeS rotrb r)eute fdjroerlid) me$r 
anfommen* 

234* ©em langc erroarteter ©cfdjaft^frcmtb roirb l)eute enblid) anlommcn unb 
ben lange crroartetat Brief ber fdjonen, j.una,cn Dame Bringen* 

235* (Sooalb ais ber Brief anfommt, roirb er bie fd)on fo fange twr$tyofttt 
©cfdjdftSretfe madjen fonnen, 



46 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



XLVIII, 

236. He has concluded that important transaction to-day. 

237. If the rich lady had wished to do that important business, 
she could have sent the young servant to the town yesterday 
evening. 

238. If the boat does not get in so soon as we expect, we shall 
hardly arrive in town to-night. 

239. He fancies that a good business might be done here. 

240. I had scarcely sent the letter to the post-office before his friend 
arrived here himself. 



XLIX. and L. 

. . . which has just been brought to me, . . . 

XLIX. 

241. A letter has been given to me just now, which the old lady 
has sent. 

242. The letter which the teacher's friend has sent to me to-day is 
very pressing. 

243. The servant has refused to give me the letter he has just 
brought. 

244. Has the letter been taken to town already ? 

245. If the coach has not arrived, we cannot send to fetch the 

letter. 



L. 

246. I would rather send the old servant to the boat, and make him 
fetch the letter. 

247. Has the letter which the old teacher's business-friend so long 
intended to send to town not been sent to-day ? 

248. As the letter has not arrived, he will not go to bed. 

249. A letter has just been brought to me, which her old teacher 
has left here. 

250. It is not good, that the young man has been left here in this 
town. 



GEKMAST. 47 



XLVIII. 

236. (£r tyctt Ijeute ba$ groge ©efd)aft gemad)t. 

237. SBenn bie rei$e ©ante ba$ gro§e ©efdjaft ^atte madjen tooften, fo 
ttitrbe fte ben iunam Wiener fdjon $eftern $fcenb nadj ber Stabt $afcen fd)tden 
fonnen. 

238. SBenn ba$ ©djtff ni$t fo frill) anfommt, t»te ttir emarten, fo tterbentoir 
fd)»er!idj $eute $knb in ber ©tabt anfommen. 

239. <£r glaufa, ba§ ftdj Ijier ein ©efdjfift ma$en Xaffen ttirb. 

240. $aum Ijatte idj ben ^Brief pr 3>oft sefdjttft, fo lam fein greunb felojt 
$ier an* 



XLIX. and L. 

♦ ♦ ♦ toelfter mir fo rten geBra^twotbenijl,*** 
. . . winch to-me just now brought been is, . . . 

XLIX, 

241. Sflir tjl fo ekn ein SBrief gegekn ttorben, ben bie alte ©ante gefd)tcft 
l)at. 

242. £)er 23rtef, ben mir ber g-retmb be3 £el)rer<3 Ijeuie $efd)uft ^<xt, ift fe^r 
bringenb. 

243. £)er £>iener $at mir ben 23rtef, toeldjen er fo efcn gefcradjt Ijat, nid)t 
geften iootfen. 

244. 3ft ber SBrtcf fc^on nad) ber <Stabt geftradjt tt)orben? 

245* 2Benn bie $utf$e nid)t angefommen t(!, fo fonnen n>ir ben Srief ntdjt 
$oien laffen. 



L„ 

246. 3d) ttmrbe liefcer ben alten ©iener $u bem <od)tff fd)itfen unb i^n ben 
SBrtef Ijolen laffen. 

247. 3ft ber SSrtef, ben ber ©efd)aft3freunb ce3 alten £e$rer8 fdjon 
fo lange bie $oftdjt ijatte, nad) ber <&tabt $u fdjicfen, tyeute nid)t gefd)id"t 
loorben ? 

248. ©a ber 23rtef ntdjt angefommen ift, fo ttrirb er ftdj ntdjt in Sett 
Icemen. 

249. Sttir ift fo ekn ein S3rtef georadjt toorben, btn itjr alter Mjrer §ter 
gelaffen fyxt. 

250. (£3 ift nid)t gut, bag ber iunge SJtowt l;ter in biefcr Stabt gelaffen 
ttorben ift. 



48 THE MASTERY SEMES. 

LI. and LIT. 

. . . compels me to a sliort excursion, . . . 

LI. 

25J.. The old servant will prefer not to follow me into the town. 

252. His friend intended to ask me yesterday to join him at the 
hotel. 

253. The short excursion to the town is very pretty. 

254. We intended to have made the short excursion to the station 
yesterday in the carriage of the teacher's old friend. 

255. The intention of your friend to go to town to-day has com- 
pelled us to send to the railway early this morning, and to order the 
coach to the hotel. 



Lll. 

256. Take the luggage out of the coach and take it into the 
house. 

257. As you press me so very hard, I shall not depart to-night. 

258. The excursion is short, you can easily make it. 

259. Send for us directly, as soon as the old man arrives, because we 
have to give him this letter. 

260. Do not urge me on to undertake this journey, because, I tell 
you for once, I won't do so. 



Lin. and LIV. 
. . . in order a very small bathing-place . . . 

Ll-ll. 

261. The ship will go to the little bathing-place to-morrow. 

262. I think he would rather drive at once to the town, in order to be 
able to take her friend's pressing letter to the young lady at the hotel. 

263. He hardly heard me yesterday evening. 

264. On account of so small a mistake, the old teacher's guest has been 
unable to make the pleasant journey to the pretty little watering-place. 

265. The first hotel in the large town is very good, but not so good 
)-.s the one in the little watering-place, 



GEEMA^. 49 



LI. and LIL 

4 ♦ ♦ not^tgt mid) ju einem furjen 2Iu3f(ug, ♦ • ♦ 
. . . compels me to a short excursion, . . . 

LI. 

251* £>er alte Wiener rotrb mir ItcBcr nidjt in bte Stabt folgen roollen* 

252, (Sent greunb Ijat midj gejrern p ftd) ins §otel notpgen iooHton 

253, £)er furje $u§flug nad) ber Stabi ifl fe$r fdjon* 

254, SSir I)a£en f$on gejlern ben fur^en 2Iu3ftug p ber Station in ber Jfrttfdje 
bc$ alten greunbeS bc3 £ef)rer$ madjen rooEen* 

255* £>ie $n>jtdjt 3f)re3 gremtbeS, fdjon ^eute nadj ber (State gu fafjren, fjat 
uns genotfyigt, fjeute SKorgen fru§ pr (Sifenoafjn p fdjiden unb bte $utfd)e pm 
£otei p oejMen* 

LIU 

256. ffte^men <3ie ba3 ©epad au$ ber Jhttfdje unb Bringcn Siebaffelk in ba$ 
£auS* 

257* £)a S'ie midj fo bringenb ttSQtgen, fo i^erbc itf) ijeute $f&enb ntdjt 
fafjren* 

258* £)er Stuping tft fur&, <Sie fonnen t$n leidjt nta^en* 

259* £affen <&k m§ gletdj fjolen, fooatb aJ3 ber $fte anfommt, tteil arir iljm 
biefen S3rief p geoen tyaoen* 

260* sftotljtgen <Ste mtdj ntdjt, btefe SReife p unterneljmett, t»ctl tdj biefeloe 
cinmal ntd&t nta^en tirill* 



LXIX. and LIV. 

♦ ♦ ♦ um einen gattj lleinen SBabeplafc * ♦ ♦ 
. . . in-order a very small bathing-place . . . 

L!l!. 

261* 2)a3 Sdjiff rotrb morgen nad) bem fleinen Sabcplafce fa'fjren* 

262* 3dj gfauoe er ioitrbe lieoer gfeidj nadj ber Stabt fal)ren, imt ber j.ungen 
£)ame \)tn brtngenben SBrief iljrer greunbtn in3 §oteI oringen p fonnen* 

263* (Sr Ijat mtdj geffern 9t6enb fd)roer!idj geljort* 

264* SBegen eme$ fo fleinen $eljter3 Ijat ^ er ® a ft ^ a ^ ten ^cljrer^ bte fdjone 
fReife nad) bem lleinen, fdjonen 33abepla& nid)t ntad)cn fonnen* 

265* £>a$ er(!e ©aftfjauS in ber grogen <Stabt tjl fel}r gut, after nic^t fo 
gut, roie baa in bem fleinen 23abc£lat>* 



50 THE MASTERY SEEIES. 



LIV. 

266. I expected him yesterday, but lie has not arrived. 

267. If this place is too small for him, he will have to find a larger 
one for himself 

268. Do you prefer bathing here ? 

269. To make this journey cannot have been rendered so totally 
impracticable to him as he tries to make us believe. 

270. Is that little watering-place so very beautiful, as we have often 
heard ? 



LV. and LVI. 
. . . on the north, coast of Germany to visit. 

271. That little place is, as I hear, on the northern coast of England. 

272. At last the ship arrived yesterday from Germany, but the old 
teacher has not arrived in it. 

273. Here is a pretty place, we shall visit it frequently. 

274. I would soon visit Germany, if I could. 

275. We have long intended to visit that little watering-place. 



LVI. 

276. If we wish to visit him, we shall prefer going by rail. 

277. If you intend to go to the concert, you will be obliged to get 
a place ordered beforehand. 

278. Never mind, let the boy come to visit us ; we shall find room 
for him. 

279. Come and see us to-night after business ; you will find a dear 
old friend. 

280. I hear that the ship in which our long-expected friends were 
to come, arrived off the north coast last night. 

A pressing letter from a sick business-acquaintance, which has just 
been brought to me, compels me to (take) a short excursion, in order 
to visit a small watering-place on the northern coast of Germany. 



GERMAN. 51 



LIV. 

266* 3dj ertoartete tijn fdjon fiejient, er tfi after nidjt gefommcm 

267* 2$enn ber $la£ iljm p Hem ijt, fo toirb er ftdj einen srojjeren ftnben 
muffcn* 

268* S3aben ©te Itefter $ter ? 

269. iDiefe S^etfe p ntadjen, I;at ifjm nic^t fo $an$ unmocjltd) $emadjt tterben 
fonnen, toie er imS glauften mac^en n>iH. 

270. 3ft ber Heine SSabeplai* fo fef)r fdjon, tote »ir oft cjeI;ort 1)aUn? 



LV. and LVL 

♦ ♦ ♦ <m ber SRortfitjh ton 2)eutfd)lcmb, git Jefudjetu 
... on the north-coast of Germany to visit. 

LV. 

271. £>er Heine 3)fo& tft, tone id) fjore, an ber Sftorbfujte sjon (£n$fanb. 

272. £>a3 Sdjiff ijt geftern enbiidj $on £>eutfd)Ianb ^ier angefommen, after ber 
alte Seljrer ijt in bemfelften nic^t angefommen, 

273. £ier ijt ein fdjimer $la§, ben rooHen loir oft ftefudjen. 

274. 3$ toitrbe 3)eutfd)Ianb ftalb ftefudjen, toenn idj lonnte. 

275. 2Bir fjaften fdjon lange »orgef)aftt, ben Heinen 23abe£la& etitmal pt 
ftefudjen. 



LV!o 

276. SCBetm ioir i$n ftefudjen iootten, fo fafjren toir liefter in ber (Stfert* 
k^n. 

277. SBenn <Ste baS Concert ftefudjen rooHen, fo toerben (Bit ftdj einen 3)Iafe 
fteftetfen laffen mitffen. 

278. laffen <5te ^tn Sunken un$ nur ftefudjen fontmen ; tirir toerben fdjon 
SPIafc fur tyn ftnben. 

279. $omnten <3ie un$ tyeute Slftenb nad) bem ©efdjaft ftefudjen ; <Sie ioerben 
einen iteften alten greunb ftnben. 

280. £>a$ <£djtff, in toeldjent unfere lan^e emarteten Sreunbe lommen follten, 
i(! geflern Slftenb an ber ^orblitjle angefommen ; fo tyore id). 

(Bin brtngenber SBrtef eine$ Iranlen ©efdjaft$freunbe$, tteld)cr ntir fo eften 
geftradjt toorben tjf, notf^t mid) in einem fur&ett $iu<3fluo, urn einen lleinen 33abe* 
pla§ an ber Sftorbfitjte von ©eutfefyfonb &u ftefudjen. 



52 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



EIGHTH SENTENCE. 

* Well, come along. You Jenoio very well hoio few answers ham been 
received to my first inquiry in last Monday's paper ; however, there 
is still room for hope. 

LVIL and LVIII. 

Yes, go you with us ; and it is well known, you see, . . . 

LVIL 

281. Yes, you see, they would not believe me. 

282. Have they already given him the letter which his old friend 
sent him to day ? 

283. Yes ; they gave it to him already early this morning. 

284. I do not know the nearest station of that railway, so you had 
better send the servant. 

285. They sent for us yesterday morning to come to town. 

LVIII. 

286. He has been compelled to send his servant twice to the ship. 

287. As soon as the ship arrives, send a servant to the nearest hotel, 
to order a bed for me. 

288. Look you, they have been expecting me a long time ; the old 
lady's carriage is already there. 

289. I know full well that we cannot manage this so easily as you 
believe. 

290. I think that we can no longer expect the letter by this mail. 



LIX. and LX. 

. . . hoy/ few answers to my first inquiry . , . 

LIX. 

291. I see that the coach will hardly arrive any more to-day. 

292. He would rather go to bed soon, because he is not well. 

293. The old lady believes that her little friend is not well, and 
has advised us to send her to some small watering-place on the 
northern coast of Germany. 

294. In the letter which arrived here yesterday is the answer, which 
be meant to have given us long ago. 

295. Will you go with us? Yes, if you wish it ! — Very well, come 
along then at once ; we cannot wait long. 



GERMAN. 53 

EIGHTH SENTENCE. 

LVIL and LVXIX. 

3<*, gel)en @ie nut mt£; xmb ftf)en @te, titan fteifi ganj foot)!, * ♦ ♦. 
Yes, go you with us, and look you, one knows very well . . . 

LVU. 

281. 3a, fetjen <Sie, man $at mix nidjt gtaufon ttoHen* 

282* £at man il;m ben Srtef, ben fern alter greunb t$m $eute gefdjtcft tyat, 
fd)on gegelJen? 

283* 3a, man Ijat ifjm benfefften fdjott $eute 9florgen fritfy gege&en* 

284* 3dj tt>eig bte nad)jle (Station ber (Sifenftafjn nicfyt, fd)icfen ©ie liefcr ben 
Wiener* 

285* Tlan t)at un£ $ejlern fritl) $ur ©tabt $olen laffen. 

LVIII. 

286* (£r if! genotfjigt toorben, fetnen £>iener sttetmat nadj bem ©djtjf ju 
fd)icfeit. 

287* ©o Mb aU ba§ <sd)ifr anfommt, fdjicfen ©te einen Wiener na$ bem 
nacftften ®ajlt)au3, urn mix tin Sett ju fcefMen* 

288> ©e$en Sic, man ewartet mtd) fd)on lange ; bte ihttfdje ber atten ©ante 
ijl fd)on ba. 

289* 3d) ioetp n>o^X r ba$ tint btefe$ ntd;t fo leidjt madjen tonnen, »te ©ie 
glaukn* 

290* 3$ glanbe, bag tint ben SBrtef mit biefer 3)ofl nidjt me$r ju emarten 
t)tibtn> 

LIX and LX. 

♦ ♦ ♦ ttrfe mni$t Sintoctten cmf metne ctfte Slnfrage ♦ ♦ ♦ 
. . . how few answers to my first inquiry . . . 

LIX. 

291* 3$ fe|e tocfy, ba$ bit $utfdje tyeute fd)tt)erlid> met;r anfommen 
toixb* 

292* (£r ftirb ftd) tiekr fcalb in Sett Mngen laffen, ba tx nidjt wol/l 
if*- 

293, ©ie alte ©ante gtauBt, ba$ iijxt Heine greunbin nidjt tt>ot)l ijl, unb Ijat 
tms geratfyen, fie nadj einem fletnen Sabeplafe an ber ^orblitfte ©entfd)lanb 1 3 &u 
fcfytden* 

294* 3n bem 33rtcf, ber gejlern Ijier angefommen iff, ift bte 2Tntftort, bie cr 
wt£ fdjon lange f>at gefon tootfen* 

295. SBerben (Sientit un$ geljen? 3a, wemt <£ie ttotlen !— 8d)b'n, fo font* 
men <Sie gleid) ; ttir tonnen nid)t lange marten* 



54 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LX. 

203. One hardly believes how easily this might be done. 

297. If you don't want to go out with us, I suppose we shan't go 

either. 

298. If his friend is not well, he will be obliged to send for a 
doctor. 

299. Didn't he want to reply to his old friend's letter yesterday ? 

300. Keply to his letter as soon as possible. 



LXI. and LXIL 

... in our last Monday's paper, till now . . . 

LXI. 

301. The last answer of our young teacher's friend is very short. 

302. He is obliged to make his answer to the pressing inquiry of Ms 
old friend as short as possible, and to give it as soon as possible. 

303. Our old servant has, upon the advice of his prudent friend, 
made a bathing excursion to a watering-place in Germany. 

304. I had intended to-day to make an inquiry in town, for a good 
servant. 

305. The last letter but one of my old business-friend is very press- 
ing and Ion or. 



LXIL 

306. The day is long, and the weather is fine ; shall we make an 
excursion to the coast ? 

307. Would you not prefer to go to town on Monday ? 

308. Do you not find this day finer than the last on which we in- 
tended to go out of town ? 

309. Till now I have not heard from our friend in England. 

310. Wait there till I come ; I shall not keep you waiting long. 



GERMAN. 55 



LX. 

296* Tlan gfaufct faum, tone Iddjt ftdj biefe$ ntadjen laffen ttmrbe* 

297* 2Benn 8ie nid)t mtt un$ au^gel;en twtfen, fo toerben ttrir tt>o$ f eX fl 

nid)t gefjen* 

298* 2Benn fern greunb ni$t tooty tjr, fo ttrirb er &u cittern doctor fdjiden 
mitffen. 

299* £at er geficm nid)t auf bin Brief feineS alien SreunbeS antworten 
ftotfen ? 
300* Wnttoorten 8ie auf feittett Brief foMb aU nur moglid)* 



LXI. and LXIL 

♦ ♦ ♦ in unfcrer le^tett SKontag^eitung H$ Jefct ♦ « ♦ 
... in our last Monday's-paper till now . . . 

LXI. 

301 ♦ 2)ie lefcte STtttwort ber gremtbm uttfere^ jungen £efjrer3 tj! feljr 

302 . (£r ift geni>ttytgt, feme $ntoort auf bie bringenbe SInfrage feineS altett 
greunbeS mogitcfyft fur$ §u madjen unb biefelk moglidjft Mb $u geben* 

303* ttttfer alter Wiener I)at auf bett Otatfj feineS flugen greunbeS eitte S3abe= 
reife nadj etnem Babeplatj in £)eutfdjlanb gemadjt 

304* Sdj fjaite $orgeljal>t, Ijeute in ber <Stabt eine $nfrage toegen eine§ guten 
£)iener3 p tnadjen* 

305* £)er sorlefcte Brief memeS alten ©ef$aft3freunbe3 if! fetyr brtngenb unb 
iang* 



LXII, 

306* ©er £ag if! tang unb ba3 better ift fd)on ; tootfen nrir eitten 2lu3jTug 
nadj ber $itjte madjen ? 

307* Surben <&k nidjt IteBer am SSttontag nadj ber Stabt geljen? 

308* ginben <£ie ntdjt, bag biefer £ag fd)imer if!, at3 ber lefcte, an bent ttir 
au$ ber <Stabt geljen ttottten? 

309 ♦ Bt$ jefct $al>e tdj ntdjt son unferem greunbe in (Snglanb ge^ort* 

310* Garten <&\t ha, MS id) lomme ; id) werbc Sie nid)t lange marten 
laffen. 



56 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

LXIXL and LXXV. 

, . . have reached you ; but can I still hope. 

LXIII. 

311. Yes, lie has been there, and has brought me a letter from you, 
which has obliged me to drive to town at once and fetch my friend 
from the railway-station. 

312. Has not the boat arrived yet ? 

313. I do not think so, as I hear that it can hardly arrive to-day, 
on account of the bad weather. 

314. Has he been at your house to-day to give you my letter ? 

315. I think he has, but I have not been there yet to fetch the 

letter. 

LXIV, 

316. The weather is still very bad ; I do not think that we shall be 
able to go. 

317. I hear that you have been here once before to-day. 

318. Do you not believe yet that your friend there has committed a 
very great blunder ? 

319. Do come along at last ! I can't and won't wait any longer 
for you. 

320. How little may. one expect to get a decent answer out of 
this lad ! 

Well, go with us, and, look you, it is perfectly well known how few 
answers to my first inquiry in the last Monday's paper have reached 
you ; but I still can always hope. 



NINTH SENTENCE. 

The time for the arrival of the second train must have past more than 
half an hour ago, and it is now too late to receive the intelligence which 
you have been long expecting, and which you say you wanted so much. 

LXV. and LXVI. 
The time for the arrival of the second train . . . 

LXV. 

321. At the arrival of the mail, send my servant at once, to bring 
me my letters. 

322. Arrival comes from to arrive. 

323. The last evening-mail arrives here very early. 

324. I know well that my friend cannot now arrive to-day. 

325. My friend arrived yesterday evening by the boat from Ger- 
many, and was taken to a very bad hotel by his old servant. 



GERMAK. . 57 

LXIil. and LXIV. 

♦ ♦ ♦ M 3§tteit gefoefert jmi> ; bod) Um id) nod) immer l)offetn 
. . . with you been are ; but can I still always hope. 

LXIIL 

311 ♦ 3a, er if! ba gefoefen unb ^at mtr etnen SBrtef son Sljnen ge^rad)t# ber 
nu4 genotljigt Ijat, giei4 nadj ber Stabt $u fatten, um meinen greunb son ber 
(Sifenbaljnjration $u J)olen. 

312. 3(1 ba$ <£4ifFuo4 immer ni4t angefommen? 

313* 34 glaufo ntdjt 5 ba idj pre, bag baffelk Ijeute ttegen be$ f4led)ten 
2Better3 f4tt>erlt4 metyr anfommen famt. 

314. 3|1 er ijeute ki 3$nen gettefen, urn 3$nen metnen S3rxef $u fcrin* 
gen ? 

315. 34 gf auk ia, bod) Hn tdj nod) ntdjt ba getx>efert/ itm mtr ben SBrtef ju 
Ijolen. 

LXIV- 

31G. £>a3 better ijt nod) immer feljr f4Ied)t; id) glauk md)t, bag ttir fallen 
fomten. 

317. 34 $ore, bag (Bit Ijeute f4on einmal $ier getoefen ftnK 

318. ©laufcen <5ie immer nod) ni4t, bag 3$r greunb ba einen fctyr grogen 
Seller gemadjt f)at ? 

319. ©o fommen <3ie bo4 enbltdj ! 34 tat unb roxU ntc^t langer auf <Ste 
warten. 

320. SBie ttentg tat man bo4 emarten, son biefem 3ungen eine gute STnt^ 
rcort $u I;oren ! 

3a, gefjen <Sk mit un3 unb, feljen <Sie, man roeig gan& n>of)l, nrie ttentge $nt=* 
worten auf metne erjle 5lnfrage in ber lefeten Sflontag^ettung MS iefct M Sfmen 
gewefen ftnb ; bod) fann id) uo4 immer fjoffen* 



NINTH SENTENCE. 
LXV. and LXVI. 

£te Beit fiir tie Stnfunft i>e3 gweiten BugeS * ♦ ♦ 
The time for the arrival of-the second train . . , 

LXV, 

321. ©ct Qtnfunft ber $ofi, fd)tcfen <3ie meinen Dtener gleid) &u mtr, um mtr 
rneme S3rtcfe jtt Brtngen. 

322. Sfnfunft lommt son anfommen. 

323. $>te Icfete ^fcenb^ojt lommt fjter f4on fefjr fru§ an. 

324. 34 ttetg too^tr bag mein greunb Ijeute ntd)t mefjr anfommen tat. 

325. Sftein greunb tjl gejtern Sltab mit bent <34tfF son £)eutfd)tanb $ier 
angelommen, unb ijt son feinem alien Wiener in em fe^r f4Ted)te$ §otef gefcrad)* 
worbetL 



58 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LXV!. 

326. Had we not better go at once by this train ? 

327. It is useless to expect the arrival of the German boat to-day. 

328. He sent for our servant, and sent him out to inquire at what 
time we were to expect the train. 

329. The time is too short to send to-day to your friend's country- 
house. 

330. Do you not prefer being in the country at this time of the 
year, than in town ? 



LXVII. and LXVIXI. 

. . . must have passed at least half an hour ago . . . 

LXVII. 
831. My servant must arrive with my letters in half an hour. 

332. We can easily drive from here to town in half an hour. 

333. I think it is already half an hour past the arrival of the mail. 

334. I must send a servant to the post-office at once to fetch my 
letters. 

335. Has he not once had the intention to visit a German watering- 
place ? I think he has, but he has not been able to go, on account of 
pressing business. 



LXVIH. 

336. He has just now come past here ; have you not seen him ? 

337. It is now fully an hour that I have been waiting for him here. 

338. She has hoped to find to-day, at your place, at least two replies 
to her inquiry in last Monday's paper. 

339. The time is long past, and if your friend does not come imme- 
diately, we must go. 

340. If you go home and come past his house, just see how long 
he has been at home. 



OERMAK. 59 



LXVJ. 

326. Saljren ttrir nidjt ftekr gleid) mit btefem 3u$e ? 

327* Die SMunft be3 beutfdjen (Sd)tffe3 ijr tyeute ntc^t me^r §u emarten. 

328 ♦ (£r Hcg unferen Wiener fommett unb fd)idte iljn an§, urn $u fraaen, ju 
nxldjer Sett nrir auf ben 2m &u marten fatten* 

329* Die Sett tjl $u fur$, urn $eute nod) nadj bem £anbl)aufe 31jre3 gremtbcS 
in fd)icfen. 

330* <Sinb <5ie $u btefer Sett nid)t Mer auf bem £anbe, aU w ber 
©tabt? 



LXVIL and LXVIX. 

♦ ♦ + ntufj tx»enigften^ eine Ijctfte ©tunbe ^orfeei fein j ♦ ♦ * 
. . . must at-least a half hour past be ; . . . 

LXVII. 

331* 3Mn Dtener mug mit meinen SBriefen in einer fycdhn ©tunbe an* 
fommen. 
332. $on #er V\§ px <£tabt fasten mir leidjt in einer fjattJen ©tunbe. 
333* 3$ gtauoe, e3 ift fdjon eine tyaloe Stunbe nadj 5fn!unft ber $ojt. 

334. 3$ mug gleid) einen Wiener nad) ber 3>t?ft fdjicfen, urn meine SBriefe in 
§o!en. 

335. §at er nidjt einmal bie 2Ioftd)t geljaot, einen 23abe^Ia£ in Deutfd)Ianb 
pkfudjen? 3d) <jlauk ia, after er §at tve^en bringenber ©efdjafte nid)t pi 
faljren fomtfu. 



LXVlll. 

336. (£r ift fo efcen ^ter wrkt gelommen ; Ijakn <3ie tf)n nid)t gefeljen ? 

337. ©djon eine <Stunbe lang toarte id) Ijier auf iljn. 

338. <£ie Ijat Ijeute ttemgfrenS imx ^ntttorten auf ifjre Qlnfrage in ber le^ten 
SflontagS^itung M 3ljnen p fmben geljofft. 

339. Die Beit ijl fd)on lange sorki, unb ftemt 3f>r greunb nidjt $tetdj fommt, 
fo miiffen tt>ir ge^en. 

340. SBenn <Sie nad) §an§ getjen unb an fetnem £aufe »ort>et fommen, fo feT)cn 
©ie bod) einmal n>ie lange er fdjon m £aufe iju 



60 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

LXIX. and LXX. 

... it is now, as you know, too late, . . . 

LXIX. 

341. Now is your time to find him at home ; he always goes out 
later. 

342. Don't you know, then, that I intend to undertake this 
journey as soon as possible ? 

343. There ! you see for yourself how easily any one can make that 
mistake. 

344. You might have known this full well, if you had listened 
to us. 

345. Well now, how is it ? is his teacher coming to visit us to-day ? 



LXX. 

346. Would you not rather walk than go by rail ? 

347. At what hour does the next train arrive here ? 

348. I think in a few minutes, but you had better ask this man, he 
must know it. 

349. Must people always wait so long here for the boat ? 

350. On account of the mistake you have made, I am compelled to 
go to town thus late. 



LXXI. and LXXII. 

... To receive your news, which, you have so long ex- 
pected . . . 

LXX!. 

351 . Do you still hope to receive news to-day ? 

352. Has your friend received the expected news ? 

353. Send me information as soon as possible. 

354. Good morning ! How do you do ? How does our young 
friend get on to-day ? — is he better than yesterday ? 

355. In an hour I must hear from him. 



GEBMAK. 61 



LXIX. and LXX. 

♦ ♦ ♦ e$ ift nun, wit @te toiffen, ju fpat, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
... it is now, as you know, too late, . . . 

LXIX. 

341 ♦ 9htn i|l e§ Sett, iljn ju £aufe in fmben; fyater ge$t er immcr 
au$* 

342* SBtffen Sie t>emt md)t, bag id) sorfyak, biefe fReife moglidj)! fcalb in 
unternefjmen ? 

343* £)a fdjen ©te nun felfcfl, tx>te Ieid)t man biefen Seller mac^en famu 

344* ©ie fatten ba3 gan$ gut n>iffen fdnnertr toenn <5ie auf un$ getyort 
§atteiu 
345* fffcm, tine tfl e$? nnrb fern Setter un$ ^eute fcefudjeit fommen? 



LXX. 

346* ©efjen <3ie ntdjt liefer, a!3 bag Ste mit bem <Eiferi&a$ttjtt0 fatyren? 

347* Urn n>et$e Stunbe fommt ber nad)jle 3ug tyter an ? 

348* 3* gtauBe, in ttenigen SMnuten; boc^ fragen @ie liekr biefen SDtomtt, cr 
mug e$ ttiffen. 

349* $lug ntan l)ier immer fo Tange auf ba$ <$d)iff flatten ? 

350. SBegen bes Sellers, ben @tc gemad)t Ijafon, Bin i<$ genoiljigt fo fpd't 
nodj jur ©tabt p ge^en* 



LXXI. and LXXII. 

. • 3^re ^a^ric^ten ju Befommen, fete @ie langfl ewattet ^afcen, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
. . your news to receive, which you long expected have, . e . 

LXXU 

3'5l. §offcn ©tc $eute nod) 3§re Sftadjridjten &u Mommen? 

352. £at 3$r greunb bie ertoarteten 9kdjridjten Mommen? 

353. Sdjicfen ©te mtr tttoattd)f! Balb 9?adjridjt* 

354* ©uten Bergen ! SEBte aefjt'S ? 2Ba3 ntad)t unfer {unger Sreunb kutef 
-gefjt e$ tfjm Beffer ata gejlern ? 

355. 3n ciner Stunbc mug id) jjon ttym fiorcn. 



62 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

I 

LXXIL 

856, Your servant has arrived half an hour too late. 

357. You know how long I have already been waiting for that 
letter, but the mail-boat has not been able to arrive off the coast, on 
account of the bad weather. 

358. My friend had the news brought to the hotel by a servant, 
because he is so ill that he is obliged to see a doctor. 

359. I hear that the mail arrived a long time ago, but I have not 
yet received the long-waited-for letter. 

360. Do you not see that my friend is ill ? 



LXXIIL and LXXIV. 

. . . and which, as you say, you want. 

LXXIN. 

861. Good evening, my dear friend; how are you? how is busi 
ness ? how do you find the weather ? — warm, eh ? 

362. Tell me, do you want a carriage ? 

363. Have you told your servant to order a cab to take us mto the 
town? 

364. If the post does not arrive very soon, we cannot get our letters 
to-day. 

365. To make the journey to the watering-place, we want very fine 
weather. 

LXXIV. 

366. It is no longer necessary to send a servant to the post-office ; 
the letters arrived long ago. 

367. As you say that you cannot now set out to-day, we will order 
a bed at once, and only have our luggage taken to the railway. 

368. My business is so pressing, that I must start this very evening; 
I am obliged to be in town early to-morrow morning. 

369. Do you think that he has seen me ? 

370. As soon as we want a carriage, we will send a servant to the 
hotel to fetch one. 

The time for the arrival of the second train must have passed 
more than half an hour ago ; and you know it is now too late for you 
to receive the news, which you have been long expecting, and which 
you say you want so much, 



GEEMAK. 63 



LXXII. 

356* Sfjr £>tener if! erne Ijalfce ©tunbe p fpat angefommen. 

357* ©te rotffen ja, rote lange idj btn SBrief fdjon erroartet $ak, d>er bad 
§)oflfd)iff $at ix>egert be3 fd)led)ten Setterd nid)t an ber $itfte anfommen 
fcmnen. 

358* Wlt'm greunb lieg ftdj feme ^adktdjten son einem ©tetter ind §otel 
Bringen, ba er fo franf if!, bag er genot^igt tft, ftdj son einem doctor fcefudjen m 
laffen. 

359* 3dj Ijore, bag bie 9)oj! fdjon langft angefommen if!, a£er id) $ak ben 
langf! erttarteten SBrief nodj ni(3&t kfommen. 

360. ©el;en ©ie nid)t, bag mem greunb Iran! i(l ? 



LXXIH. and LXXIV. 

4 . . unb bte ©ie, fete @ie fagen, fo niitfytg $aBetu 
... and wliich you, as you say, so necessary have. 

LXXNI. 

361. ©utctt $&enb, mein liekr Sreunb; rote gelji'd? SBie ge^t bad ©efdjaft? 
SBte ftnben ©te bad better ?— warm, l)e ? 

362. ©agen ©ie mir, tyakn ©ie erne Jhttfdje noiljig? 

363. £akn ©ie Sfjrent Wiener gefagt, cine $utfdje m BcjMen, urn und in bte 
©tabt m fatyren ? 

364. SBenn bte $oj! ntdjt fe$r Balb anfommt, lonncn roir unfere S3rtefe fjeute 
' ntdjt mef)r kfommen. 

365. Urn bteOtetfe nad) bem SBabepiat? madjen mfimnen, Ijakn roir feljr fd)imed 
^Better notljig. 

LXXIV. 

366. (Ed if! nidjt meljr nott)tg, einen Diener mr $of: m fdjufen ; bte 33rtefe 
fmb fdjon langf! angefommen. 

367. ©a ©ie fagen, bag (Bte Ijeute nidjt me|r far)rett fonttett, fo rootfen roir 
Ue&er gleidj em S3ett BejMen unb nur unfer ©epacf nad) ber (£ifen^al;n fcringcn 
laffen. 

368. 9fteine ©efdjafte ftnb fo brtngenb, bag id) nod) $eute 5lknb fasten mug ; 
id) Mn genotljigt morgen fritl) in ber ©tabt m fetn. 

369. ©laufcen ©ie, bag er midj gefer)ert r)at? 

370. ©oftalb aid roir erne $utfdje notr)ig tjaften, rootfen roir Itekr etnen © lea- 
ner mm £otel f^icfen, urn erne m Ijolen. 

£)ie Beit fur bie ^Infunft bed ^roeitcn Buged mug roetttoiflettd cine Ijalk 
(Stunbe uoioci fein; ed ift nun, roie ©ie rotffen, m ftat, S|re ^ac^rtd)ten m 
oefommen, bie ©ie langf! crroartet ^akn unb bie ©te, roie ©ie fa^ett, fo not^toj 
X)aOcn. 



64 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

* 

TENTH SENTENCE. 

A little girl, whom I know, and who has been learning German for 
about three months, actually speaks this difficult language already 
with tolerable fluency, ichilst he knows nothing of it. 

LXXV. and LXXVI. 

A little girl, wliom I know, slightly, . . . 

LXXV. 

371. A little girl, who was here just now, has brought me a letter 
from my friend in Germany, in which he sends me the last news. 

372. Does the doctor think that a trip to some watering-place will 
do you good ? 

373. Don't you remember me ? I remember you very well ; we 
were once on the same day at the pretty little hotel, near the railway- 
station. 

374. Do you believe that he knows that the post has not arrived, 
and that it is now so late that it cannot arrive to-day ? 

375. I know this young man very well, and am, aware that he 
knows English very well. 

LXXVI. 

376. You pretend to know German, and don't know that one cannot 
say this ? 

377. Don't you know that the young lady with whom you have 
been so long acquainted, knows German ? 

378. Tell me, pray, how this is to be done. 

379. How do you express this in English ? 

380. My little girl has been poorly for some time, and the doctor 
says that I must send her to the sea-side to bathe. 

LXXVXL and LXXVIH. 

. . . who during a quarter-year has learnt German, . . . 

LXXVI I, 

381. I have been learning German for a long time. 

382. My friend has learnt German for scarcely half a year, which is 
not long. 

383. That little girl has wanted before to learn German. 

384. We had hoped to be able to learn German here at last. 

385. My young friend has already been four years and a half in Ger- 
many, in order to learn German, but I hear from his old master, who 
has been there with him for a few days, that he has not made much 
progress yet. 



GEEMAtf. 65 



.TENTH SENTENCE. 

LXXV. and LXXVI. 

Sin fletttes Wabfym, ml§i% id) ein toenig hxmt, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
A little maiden, which I a little know, . . . 

LXXV„ 

371* (Em fleineS ^ftabdjen, ba§ fo e£en Ijier geroefen if!, $at mir einen SBrief 
»on metnem greunbe in £)eutfd)Ianb geftradjt, in roeld)em er mir bie lejten 
9?ad)ricl)ten fdjicft. 

372. ©laufct ber Doctor, bag S^nen ein 2fo$flfog in$ S3ab gut fern tx>irb? 

373. $ennen<£ie mid) nid>t metjr? 3dj fenne ©ie nodj fe^r gut ; roir ftnb 
emmal an einem £age in btm fdjimen, fletnen £otef an ber (Eifenfcaljnftatton 
geroefen. 

374. ©laukn <3te roof)I, bag er roeig, bag bit $oft r)eute nidjt angefommen tjl, 
unb bag e3 jejjt fo [pat ijl, bag fie nidjt meljr anfommen fann? 

375* 3d) ferine biefen iungen Wlann fel)r gut, nnb roeig, bag er fet)r gut (Englifdj 
fann* % 

LXXVI. 

376* ©ie ttoHen Deutfdj lernen, unb roiffen nidjt bag man biefen nidjt fagen 
fann? 

377. SBiffen <3te nidjt, bag bte iunge Qamt, bit <£ie fdjon fo lange fennen, 
Deutfd) fann? 

378. <5agen Sie mir bod) etnmal, tote man ba$ madjen mug* 
379* 2Bie fagt man bte«3 im (Sngltfdjen ? 

380. Sttein Hetne3 SDMbdjen iff fdjon langere Sett nidjt ganj rool;l, unb ber 
Doctor fagt mir, bag id) fte nad) ber ^ufle in3 23ab fdjtcfen mug. 

LXXVII. and LXXVIII. 

♦ ♦ ♦ ba$ foityrenb etoe$ 33ierteliat)re3 jDeutfd) gelernt t)at, * ♦ ♦ 
. . . who during one quarter-year German learnt has, . . 

LXXVIU 

381. 3d) feme nun fd)on fet)r lange Deutfdj. 

382. Win greunb f)at faum roaljrenb eineS tyalkn 3al)re3 Deutfdj gelernt ; 
ba§ if! nidjt lange. 

383. £)a3 fleine SDfabdjen fjat fdjon fritter einmaf Deutfdj lernen rooHen. 

384. 2Bir fjatten geljofft, fjter nun einmal Deutfd) lernen *u fonnen. 

385. 5D^etn iunger greunb ijt fd)on i>ier unb ein Jjalk$ 3aljr in £)eutfd)fanb, 
urn £>eutfdj p lernen, afar idj fjore son feinem alten £efjrer, ber roenige £age ba 
fat iljm geroefen tjr, bag er nod) immer nid)t gut lernt. 



THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LXXVIII. 

2. This boy has learnt very little during that long time. 

387. Our new teacher is very good; at least, my little girl learns 
her English very well with him. 

The weather has been very bad this whole year. 

389. The weather has been so bad, that I have been unwilling to 
let my little girl set out on her journey. 

390. Whilst you are waiting here at the boat, it is very easily pos- 
sible that our friends will arrive by rail. 



LXXIX. and LXXX. 

. . . speaks, it is really true, this difficult language . . . 

LXXIX. 

391. Does his teacher reallv speak German as well as we have been 
told? 

392. Our little girl already speaks this difficult language very well ; 
I think she has not been long learning it. 

393. It is true that the mail-boat from England has not arrived to- 
day ; I believe it is on account of the bad weather. 

394. Have you not for along time intended to learn German? 

395. This beautiful young girl speaks German very well ; it is a 
very rich, and very difficult language. 



LXXX. 

396. It is hardly to be believed that he can speak German already. 

397. We intend to learn German as soon as possible, and if we fol- 
low a good system, we shall learn it even sooner than you think. 

39S. Very bad German is spoken there, as my former teacher has 
told me. 

399. If you had followed me before, and learned German, you 
would, when you want it so much, know it now. 

400. Are you not going to see your sick friend this evening, who 
has sent for vou more than twice alreadv ? 



GEBMAK. 67 



LXXV1II. 
33G. JDicfer 3unge f>at n>a^renb ber (angen 3ett fe^r roentg gelcrnt. 
7. tfnfer neuer Se^rer til feljr gut; roemgjrenS (ernt mein fieine^ Sfldbden 
mit ifmt iljr (SnaUfc§ fefyr Iciest. 
388, £a3 better ijl btefcS gan?e 3af)r jefj fd)ledjt gettefen. 
380, £a3 Better ill fo fc^ted?t geroefen, bag id) mein fleineS SSftdbajen nidjt 
$a&e mote abreifett laffen* 

300. SSdtyrettb Sie (ucr an bem Sdjtffe rcarten, ifi c$ gam gut mcglicr), bag 
unfere grcunbe mit ber (Sifenbafyn anfommen. 



LXXIX. and LXXX. 

♦ ♦ ♦ fpridjt, £3 iji nrirfiid) »ctl)r, fcteje fc^were Spradje . • ♦ 
. . . speaks, it is actually true, this heavy language . . . 

LXXIX. 

301. £prid)t fein £e6rer £eutfcr) ttirflidj fo gut, rote man un3 gefagt 
r;at? 

392. ttnfer ttetneS ^dbc^en fprtdjt biefe fdjroere <cpradje fdjon fefyr gut ; id) 

glaube, fie fyat fee nidjt lange gelernt. 

303. (£3 ift roarer, bag ka$ $ojtfd)tfF son Gnglanb §eute nidjt angefemmen ijl; 
icr) glaufce, eo ift rcegen be£ fcr)lect)ten SSetterS. 

394. §a&en <S\t ni$t fdjon langjt bie 2l&ftd)t gefjafct, ^)eutfcr) ju Ternen? 

305. 2)iefe3 fdjone, junge Slftdbdjen fpricfyt £eutfd) fe$r gut ; c3 ijl eine fcfrr 
retd)e unb fefyr fdjmere <£prad)e* 



LXXX. 

396. S3 if! faum jit glaufcen, bag er jc|t fct)cn X)eutfct) fpredien farau 

397. 22tr Baku ttcr, mogltcfcjl fcalb £eutfcfr *u tenter uvJo ttenn tinr einem 
guten S^peiri folgen, fo roerben roir e6 felbft frut)er (emeu, al3 <Sie glauben. 

398. SPtott fpridjt ba f rote mir mein frit^erer £e$ret gefagt $ar, gan$ fct)Iect;tc3 
SDeutfdj* 

399. SBemt 8ie mir friit)er gefolgt unb £eutfdj getcrnt fatten/ fo roitrben Sic 
e$ nun, ba <Sie e£ fo notfitg Ijaben, fonnen. 

400. SEBerfcen Ste 3§ren franfen greunb, ber bodj fcr)cn me$r al3 tfucimal nad) 
Sfmen gc[d)icf t Jot, l;eute 5l6enb nid)t fcefudjen ? 



68 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LXXXI. and LXXXII. 

. . . pretty fluently, whilst he understands nothing thereo£ 

LXXXI, 

401. Is your letter finished already ? I should hardly have believed it. 

402. This young man speaks German rather fluently ; he has learnt 
it for almost three years, and has always been very industrious. 

403. We will go to bed while your servant gets the luggage ready. 

404. As soon aS your letter is finished, take it to the post ; it must 
be on the point of starting. 

405. During my long excursion to this bathing-place in England, I 
saw your London friend. 

LXXXH. 

408. Don't tell your friend that you intend to go out with me. 

407. I shall have done with it presently, if you will only wait for a 
quarter of an hour. 

408. We shall go to bed early, as we do not feel quite well in this 
bad weather. 

409. The box is so large and heavy, that we shall have to send the 
carriage to fetch it. 

410. It is not decent for a boy thus to speak to his teacher. 

A little girl, whom I slightly know, and who has been learning Ger- 
man for a quarter of a year, speaks, it is really true, this difficult 
language with tolerable readiness, whilst he knows nothing of it. 



ELEVENTH SENTENCE. 

Though he was diligent and eager in his studies, and though he has 
taken lessons nearly four times as long as I have, he was unable a 
short time ago, either to write a sentence quickly and correctly, or to 
read one fluently. 

LXXXIII. and LXXV. 

In spite of his diligent, eager studying, . . . 
LXXXIII. 

411. In spite of his having studied it very hard for three years he 
still speaks German very badly. 

412. In spite of your intention to have visited me long ago, you 
have not been yet. 

413. My friend is now studying German very industriously. 

414. It is too late now to send to the hotel, as the ship must be here 
in less than half an hour. 

415. We have already been waiting a long time for the ship, but it 
is not in sight yet. 



GERMAN 69 

LXXXL and LXXXIL 

, ♦ ♦ jtcmltd) ferttg, &at)rent> er nidjts baton s>erfie$h 
• . . decently ready, whilst lie nothing thereof understands. 

LXXXI. 

401. 3(1 3$r Srief fd)on fertig? 3d) fjatte e$ ttirflidj faum geglau^t. 
402* liefer iunge $knn ftmd)t jtemXtd) fertig £)eutfd) ; er fat e<3 faft brct 
3al)re fang gelernt unb ijl immer fe^r fletgtg gercefen. 

403. 2Btr ttollen un3 ju S3ett legen, rcaljrenb 3§r Wiener ba^ ©epacf ferttg 
madjt. 

404. (Sofcalb <&$ Sljr S3rtef ferttg ijl, fcrtngen Sie t§n nadj ber $ojr; fie mug 
fetyr Balb fasten. 

405. SBdljrcnb meineS langeren $u$fluge3 nad) btefem 23abepfai$ in Gsngfanb, 
Ijafce id) Sfyren £onboner greunb gefe^en* 

LXXXI I. 

406. (Sagen <ste 3t)rem greunbe nidjts bason, bag <&k sortjakn, mit mtr 
au3$ugetjen. 

407. 3d) tt>erbe gteid) bamit ferttcj fein, ttemt <Sie nur eine S5ierteXPunbe war* 
ten tt>otfen. 

408. Sir merben fritt) ju Sett getyen, ba ttir fci biefem fdjledjten ^Better nid)t 
gan$ n>o^I finb. 

409. £)ie j?ijle if! fo grog tmb fdjtter, bag n>ir bte $utf$e tterben fd)icfen 
muffettr urn fie $u fyolen. 

410. (£3 $iemt fidj ntdjt, bag em 3unge fo mit feinem £e1jrer fpridjt. 

(Sin fteineS 3ttabd)en, tteldjeS idj em ttenig fenne, ba3 ttdijrettb euteS $iertei* 
ial)xt$ £)eutfd) gelernt (jat, fyrid)t, e8 i(l ttnrflid) ttaljr, biefe fdjtsere Spradje 
jiemiid) fertig, tx>d^renb er nidjts bason ser|M)t 



ELEVENTH SENTENCE. 

LXXXIIL and LXXXIV. 

Sroi? feinem fletgtgen, etfrtgen ©tttbtrens, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
In-spite-of his diligent, eager studying, . . . 

LXXXI II- 

411. £ro§ feineS fletgigen <Stubtren£ son brei Saljren, fpridjt er nod) tmmer 
\a ; x f$Iedjte« £)euifd). 

412. £ro£ 3fjrer $I>ft$t, midj fd)on fangft einmal p Befudjen, ftnb ©te nod) 
tmmer ntdjt ba gewefen. 

413. SWeitt greunb jlubirt je|t feijr eifrig 2>eutf$. 

414. (£$ tjt $u fpdt, jefct nod) nad) bem £otct p ftfjtcfen, ba ba§ <£d)ifF fdjon in 
ttemger aU einer Ijalben (Stunbe f)ter fein mug. 

415. 2Bir ijakn ba§ <Sd)iff fd)on fange Seit erttartet, akr e3 ijl nodj tmmer 
nid)t p fefjen. 



70 THE MASTERY SEEIES. 



LXXXIV, 

416. Do you expect to stay in this town for any length of time ? 

417. In spite of my inquiry, I have not heard of him yet. 



418. His answer must he here soon. 

419. I have seen him at the railwa 
usiness there. 

420. If the little one reads too hard, he will make himself ill. 



419. I have seen him at the railway-station ; he must have some 
business there. 



LXXXV. and LXXXVL 

. . . and in spite of his having taken nearly four times as 
much instruction . . . 

LXXXV. 

421. In spite of my most diligent study, I know very little English 
as yet. 

422. I have as yet heard nothing of my friend, who went on busi- 
ness to Germany. 

423. This little bathing-place was much frequented last year ; at 
least, I heard that there were three times as many visitors there as 
the summer before last. 

424. Do you not understand me ? I have told you twice already 
that I will not drive to the station again to-day, and you know your- 
self that I cannot. 

425. Your friend understands English quite well, but he speaks 
only very little as yet, and he still takes lessons. 



LXXXVI. 

428. When yesterday I wanted his advice very much, he would 
not give it to me ; I can hardly understand it. 

427. How long has your young friend had lessons in German ? 

428. I have not seen my friend for some time ; he has been almost 
a year abroad. 

429. We have been waiting for him till now, but now we must 
go, because we have urgent business. 

430. Does the young man take his luggage along with him, or is he 
going to have it sent after him ? 



GEBMAtf. 71 



LXXXIV. 

416. (Smarten <Ste, lange Sett in biefer Stabt m feitt ? 

417* £ro§ meiner STnfrage, Ijak tdj son t§m fciS jefct nodj immer nidjt 
geprt* 

418. (seine Sftttroort mug Balb fyier feitt* 

419* 3dj fyrte i$n auf ber (£ifen&a$njktion gefefjen; er mug ®efd)afte ba 
(atom 

420* SBenn ber $Ieine w eifrtg jlubirt, fo roirb er ftdj franf madjenr 



LXXXV. and LXXXVI. 

♦ ♦ ♦ unb tro^bem er Mnafy ttiermal langer Unterridjt nimmt ♦ ♦ ♦ 

. . . and in-spite-of-tkat lie almost four-times longer instruction 

takes . . . 

LXXXV. 

421* £ro|> memeS fleigtgflen StubirenS, fann idj MS je&t nod) feljr ttentg 
(Snglifcty* 

422* 3$ I)ak MS jefct nod) nidjts son meinem greunbe geljort, ber itt ®e* 
fdjaften nadj £)eutfd)lanb gefafyren 1ft; 

423. £)iefer Heine 23abe£la$ ijl im le^tett 3atjre fetjr £efud)t geroefen; roentg* 
(lens fjak id) geijort, bag roenigjlenS breimal meljr SBefudjer ba geroefen ftnb, alS 
im J?ortel?ten <Sommer + 

424* $erjletjen <Ste mid) md)t? 3d) $ak Sljnett bodj fdjon jroetmal gefagt, 
bag i§ tyeute nid)t mel;r nad) ber Station fa^ren roift, imb <Bie rotffen felbjr, bag 
id) nid)t tarn* 

425* 3$r greunb fcer(M)t Gsnglifd) gan$ gut, akr er fprid)t MS jefct nur fcljr 
♦oenig ; unb nimmt nodj immer ttnterrtd)t* 



LXXXV!, 

426> $ls id) gejlern feinett Sftatlj fe$r not^ig tyatte, t;at er mir benfelkn nid)t 
gckn roollen; id) lann baS faum serfrejjen* 
427* SSie lange $at 3^rj.unger Sreunb ttnterridjt im £)eutfd)en getjaM? 

428* 3$ fyxfce meinen gretmb langere Sett nidjt gefeljen; cr if! Minal) ein 3af)r 
lang im SluSlanbe geroefen* 

429* 2Bir Ijafcen tfjn MS jtefet crroartct, bod) muffett roir mtn geljett, totil mir 
bringenbe ©efdjafte §a6en* 

430. Sftimmt ber ittnge Wlam fan ©epd'd mit, obcr rolrb cr cS ftdj uad)fd)tcfcn 
laffen ? 



72 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LXXXVII. and LXXXVIIX. 

. . than I, lie was certainly unable, a short time ago, one 
sentence . . . 

Lxxxvn. 

431. This sentence is very long and difficult ; I can hardly under- 
stand it. 

432. Have yon received no newspaper to-day, and has the post not 
come ? It is almost always late. 

433. The coach has come well to-day ; we have arrived almost a 
quarter of an hour sooner than we expected. 

434. Pray speak English rather than German ; I can hardly under- 
stand anything of what you say. 

435. Can you not speak German ? because you do not answer me. 

lxxxvui. 

436. You pronounce well ; nevertheless you still make mistakes. 

437. Will you rather post to town than go by a private carriage ? 

438. I have sent him a letter a short time ago, but have as yet 
received no answer. 

439. Is it settled that you are not going to any watering-place this 
year? 

440. We could not possibly come sooner, because we had letters 
to send off. 



LXXXIX. and XO. 

... to write quickly and correctly, or to read quickly enough. 

LXXXIX, 

441. This young man can read and write German very well, but I 
do not think he can speak it well enough. 

442. He intends, however, to go to Germany very soon for a year, 
in order to learn the language in the country. 

443. It is not certain yet that we shall start to-morrow. 

444. Owing to my large business transactions with Italy, I often 
require the earliest and most reliable news from thence. 

445. Do you know for certain that there is another mail to-night ? 



GEEMA^. 73 

1XXXVIX. and LXXXVIII. 

♦ ♦ ♦ afe id), lonnte er »or furjem ftdjer fettten @aj3 ♦ ♦ ♦ 
. . . than I, could he before short certainly no sentence . .. 

LXXXVII. 

431* £>ie[er ©a§ ijl [e$r lang unb [djroer; id) fann ttjn faum serjMjen* 

432* £akn @ie fjeute feme Seittmg kfommen, unb ift bie $oj! nodj ntd)t ba ? 
©ie fommt Beinal) immer $u [pat* 

433* Die $ut[dje if! Ijeute fe^r gut ge[a^ren; roir ftnb Beina^ eine $iertel* 
flunbe [riil)er angefommenr aI8 air erroarieten. 

434* ©predjen ©ie liekr (Sngltfd) al| £>eut[d); id) fann Mrta$ md)t$ ux* 
jletyen son bem, baS ©ie fagen* 

435* $onnen ©te kin Deutfd) [predjen? totil ©ie mix nid)t antrcortem 

LXXXVIII, 

436* ©ie [predjen gut au£; bod) madjen ©ie nod) immer geljler* 

437* SBoHen ©ie liekr mit ber $ojl, att mil einer $rbatfutfd,e lux ©tabt 
[al)ren? 

438* 3d) I)ak ilmt sjor farjem emeu SBrtef gefd)icft, akr Bi3 jefct nod) feme 
9GCnttt>ort kfommen* 

439* 3ft e$ ftdjer, bap ©ie bte[e3 3at)r feme 23aberetfe mad)en aerben? 

440* 2Bir fonnten unmogltdj fritter fommen, tx>ett air 23rtefe afyu[d)tden 
fatten* 



LXXXIX. and XC. 

♦ ♦ ♦ rafdj unb rtd)tig fdjretfcett, ober fc^nctt gemtg lefetu 
. . . quickly and correctly to-write, or quickly enough to-read. 

LXXXSX. 

441* Diefer junge Warn farm [el)r gut Deutfd) lefen unb [djreikn, afar id) 
gfauk nidjt, ba$ er e$ gut genug [pred)en fann* 

442. £)od) $at er $or, [efjr lalb auf ein 3al)r nad) £>eutfd)Ianb iu retfen, urn 
bie ©prad)e im £anbe p fernen* 

443* (£3 if! nodj immer nidjt ftdjer, bag roir morgen fasten roerben* 

444* 3d) fjak roegen meiner gropen ©efcfyafte nad) Stalten oft bk fdjuellftcn 
unb [tc^erften 9M)rid)ten son ba noting* 

445. SDBtjfcn ©te ftdjer, bap bie $oft Ijcutc 9TOcrib nod) cinntal fasten aurb ? 



74 THE MASTE&Y SEKIES. 



xc. 

446. Let us peruse this letter once more ; it is very pressing, is it 
not? 

447. I observe that you do not pronounce this sentence correctly. 

448. Whilst I am writing, you can tell the servant that he must 
take the letter to the post-office, 

449. We read in the newspaper that the Sultan was in England a 
short time ago. 

450. If you have not enough of it yet, I will soon send you more. 

In spite of his diligent and eager studying, and in spite of his 
having taken lessons almost four times longer than I have, he was 
unable, a short time ago, either to write a sentence expeditiously and 
correctly, or to read one sufficiently quickly. 



TWELFTH SENTENCE. 

It seems as if some people can do everything without any trouble and 
without any hesitation much letter than others, who take the great- 
est pains about it. 

XCI. and XCII. 

It seems as if some people, . . . 

XCI. 

451. It seems as if you had no time to write the letter. 

452. Does not the weather to-day seem to you too bad to go out in ? 

453. I have been told that only very few people were at the concert 
yesterday. 

454. There have been this year almost four times more people at 
Ostend to bathe than there were last year. 

455. Do you know whether the train from Cologne has arrived yet ? 

XCII. 

456. It seems so to me, but I cannot tell you for certain. 

457. How is it that you have not been at my house for so long ? 
Have you not had time ? 

458. I expect some letters ; but it seems as if they would not arrive 
to-day. 

459. I should like to know whether there is yet time to go by the 
latest train. 

460. What do you think of this wine? Is it not very good? 



GERMAN. 75 



446. £affen Ste un$ bicfen SBrtef nod) einmal lefen; er ifl fe^r bringenb, 
nidjt watyr ? 

447. 3d) pre, bag <Ste biefen ©afc ni<$t ricfytig auSfpredjen. 

448. 28at)renb td) fdjreifa, fimnen (sie bem Wiener fagen, bag er ben SBrief pr 
3)oft bringen mug* 

449. 2Btr Ijafan in ber Settling gelefen# bag ber Sultan $or furjem in (£ng* 
lanb geroefen ift. 

450. SBerot <&k nod) ntd)t genug bawn Ijafan, fo ttifl idj Sfjnen Mb mer)r 
fd)tden. 

£ro£ feineS fleigigen, eifrigen StubirenS nnb iro£bem, bag er fainaty iriermat 
langer itnterrid)t nimmt, aU i<§, fonnte er sor furjem ffd)er leinen Sat) rafd) nnb 
rtcfytig fdjreifan ober fdjiteff genug lefen. 



TWELFTH SENTENCE. 

XCL and XCXI. 

S3 fdjelnt, ctls oB etotge Seute, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
It seems as if some people, . . . 

xci. 

451. <£& fdjetnt, aU o$ <Sie leine Sett r)atten, ben 23uef p fdjreifan. 

452. Sdjeint 31)nen ba3 better ^eute nidjt p fdjtedjt pm $u3geljen? 

453. 3ttan r)at Jtti^ gefagt/ bag geftem nnr feljr roenige £eute xm Concert 
geroefen ftnb. 

454. (S3 ftnb biefes 3af)r fainat) stermal mefjr £eute in Djlenbe xm $$tib geroe* 
fettf al$ xm Ie£ten 3aljre. 

455. SBiffett ©te, oB ber Bug son (£Hn fdjon angcfommen ift? 

XC1I. 

456. (£3 fdjeint mir fo, bod) fann idj e<3 Sfjnen mdjt ftd)er fagen. 

457. 2Bie !ommt e3, bag ©ie fo lange nicr)t fat mir geroefen ftnb ? £at)en Sie 
feme Sett geljafa ? 

458. 3dj erroarte einige SBriefe; e§ fd)eint afar, al3 roenn ffe tjeute nidjt mef)r 
anfommen roitrben. 

459. 3d) mod)te roiffen, oft e$ nod) Sett ifl, ntit bent lefeten Suge p faljrcn. 

460. SBie fmben <Ste bicfen Sein? Sdjcmt cr 3t;ncn nid)t fc$r gut ? 



76 THE MASTEEY SERIES. 

XCIII. and XCIV. 

. . . without any trouble or hesitating, 



XCIII. 

461. You cannot learn anything without some trouble. 

462. Speak out, and do not hesitate ; I cannot wait. 

463. People here all seem to believe that the boat will not arrive 
to-night. 

464. Have you given all my letters to my servant, to put them into 
my box ? 

465. All my friends advise me to take a trip to some watering-place 
this summer. 



XCIV. 

466. If you tarry any longer, we shall certainly be late. 

467. Without my advice you would most certainly have made that 
mistake. 

468. You had better ask your doctor whether you may go out in 
this weather ; I should not advise you to do so. 

469. Learning German is very troublesome to me, and I do not 
believe that I shall be able to learn it. 

470. The consequence of your long hesitation is that you cannot 
go with us now, because you have not got your luggage ready. 



XCV. and XCVI. 
should do everything much better than others 






XCV. 

471. It is not everybody's affair to give advice to others. 

472. Other people can do that, if they like ; I shall have nothing 
to do with it. 

473. Would it really be impossible still to undertake this matter 
to-day ? 

474. He ought rather to have done that at once. 

475 Had I not better send the other luggage after you by rail ? 



GERMAN". 77 



XCHL and XCIV. 

♦ ♦ ♦ ot)ne atte 9M$e imb otyne 3&S em * ♦ ♦ 
. . . without any trouble and without hesitation . . . 

XCIII. 

461* Dfjne Mje fann man nidjts lernen. 

462-. <spred)en Sie, unb jogem Ste ntdjt lange ; id) fann ntd)t ir>arten* 

463* Die £eute Jjier fdjetnen die $u glaukn, bag ba£ ©djtff ^eute 2H)enb ntd)t 
mcl;r anfommen n>irb* 

464* £akn Sie metnem Wiener aHe metne S3rtefe gegekn, urn fie in metne 
$ti\tt ju legctt ? 

465* $fte meine grcunbe ratten mir, biefen <Sommer etne 23aberctfe ju 
mad)en. 



XCIV. 

466* SBenn ©te nodj lander sogem, fo tterben toxx ftd)er ju [pat fommen. 

467. D$ne metnen Sfcatfj ttitrben ©ic ben gel)ler ganj ftdjer gemadjt 
Ijaoen. 

468. gragen ©ie Itekr Sfjren Doctor, vb (Bit Bet btm ^Better an$gel)en 
fonnen; id) ttitrbe Sljnen nid)t baju ratten. 

469. DaS Semen ber Deutfd)en ^prad)e mad)t mix gro§e OTlje, unb id) glauk 
nidjt, ba$ tdj fte tt>erbe lernen fonnen. 

470. Die gotge SljreS fangen 3ogern3 tjr, bag <ste nun ntdjt mef)r mttfatyren 
fonnen, mil (Bit Sfyr ©epacf nod) nidjt fertig Jjakn. 



XCV. and XCVI. 

♦ ♦ ♦ jebe ©a^e inel Beffer ttymt follten aU anbere, ♦ * ♦ 
. . . every thing much better do should than others, . . . 

XCV. 

471. (Es ijt ntdjt SebennamtS ©adje, Unbent dlaty in gekn. 

472. Sfnbere £eute fonnen ba$ xi)xm, xotm fte tooEen; id) ix>erbe ntdjt$ bamtt 
in t§un f)aBen. 

473. <SoHte e$ tttrHtdj ntdjt mogltdj fetn, bicfe <Bad)t Ijcute nod) in wnter* 
netjmen ? 

474. (£r I)atte baS Itekr gtetdj tT;un foffau 

475. Sol! id) Sfynen ntdjt Itekr b&$ anbcre ©epacf mit ber (£tfenM)n nadj* 
fd)tcf en ? 



78 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



xcvu 

476. Can it be possible that tliose latest news from Mexico are true 1 

477. He told the servant soon enough to do it immediately and 
quickly. 

478. Your teacher has told you that you ought to study more indus- 
triously, and write more. 

479. Must you not still write the other letters to-day ? 

480. This hotel is said to be the best in the town ; however, I know 
none of the others. 



XCVII. and XCVIII. 

. . . who give themselves the greatest pains about it. 

xcvu- 

481. You will want it when, during your next business- tour, you 
visit Germany. 

482. I have not troubled myself as yet about learning it, but I 
hope soon to get a good teacher, who will teach me better than the 
last one I had. 

483. It seems as if, with all the pains that you pretend to have 
taken up to this time, your German is still very indifferent ; you must 
read harder. 

484. This young man has very quickly taught his friend to read, 
write, and speak German. 

485. He has, however, taken the greatest possible pains about it, 
and his friend has been very industrious for almost a year. 

XCVIII. 

486. Certainly not one of your friends can teach you English better 
than I can, since I have been for almost seven years in the country. 

487. I am able to speak that difficult language quite fluently, and 
to write it quite correctly and expeditiously. 

488. But it seems to me almost as if you believed that one can 
learn German without any trouble. 

489. I have been very ill for more than three months ; but I have at 
last followed the advice of your friend, and have visited that small 
watering-place for a short time, and now I am as well as any one. 

490. The news we have received yesterday are said not to be true. 

It seems as if some people were to do every thing without any 
trouble or hesitation much better than others, who take the greatest 
pains about it. 



GEBMA^. 79 



XCVI. 

476* <SoEten btefe ntueften $ad)rtdjten »cn SRerffo ttrirfttdj s^a^r fein? 

477* (£r $ai bem £)iener frii§ genus gefagt, bag er e$ gind) unb fc^ncXT tfmn 
fotfte* 

478. 3§r Scorer §at 3I)nen gcfagt, bag @ie jtetfjiger jlubiren unb mef)r fd)rei* 
Ben toftten* 

479* $UtffenSie nidjt bie anbern SBriefe fjeute nod) fdjreiBen? 

480* £iefe$ §otei foa bas Beffe in ber <£tabt fein; id) fenne aBer feine§ son 
ben $nberen* 



XCVIL and XCVni. 

, . ♦ ♦ bie jtd) bie gtiJfjte SBtittje bctmtt geBetu 
. . . who to-themselves the greatest trouble therewith give. 

XCVll. 

481* <Ste fterben eS niirt/tg Ijaften, ttenn Sie auf 3$ren nadjften ©efdjaftSretfen 
£>eutfd)lanb ftefndjen* 

482* 3dj ijafte mir Bi3 jefct nodj feme $culje gegcBctt# c3 p Iernen, after idj 
goffer Balb emeu pten Setter ju ftefommen, ber mid) Beffer Ief)ren n>irb/ al$ ber 
legte, ben id) ^atte* 

483 * (£3 fdjetnt, al$ oft mit alle ber §Wu$e, bie ©tc ftdj Bi$ jefet ge^eBen 
fjaften rocllen, Sljr £)eutfd) w?d) immer fe^r fdjled)t ijr ; <Sie muffen mel;r 
fiubtren* 

484* Dtefer jimgc SDtomt §at feinen greunb fef)r rafd) ©eutfdj fcfett, fdjretften 
unb fpredjen geleljrt* 

485* <£r §at ftdj after aHe moglidje TOI)e c^eften, unb fein greunb ift Beinalj 
ein Sa^r lang fef ; r fletgtg gettefen* 

XCVIIL 

486. (£3 !ann <&k ftdjer leiner 3fjrer greunbe Beffer Gmgtifdj lel)ren, ate id), 
ba idj BcinaT) fteften 3at)re lang in bent £anbe geroefen Bin* 

487* £>icfe fdjttcre Spradje lann idj ganj ferttg fpredjcn unb $an$ ridjtis unb 
rafd) frfjreiften* 

488* (£3 fdjcint mir after Beinalj, ate oft (Bie glauBen, ba$ man 2)eutfdj cljne 
aHe Sftitije lernen tonne* 

489* 9M)r aI3 ein ^terteliar)r tang ftin tdj fctjr franf gettefen ; idj Ijafte after 
bem SRatlje SljreS greunbes enblidj gefolgt unb ben fleinen 23abepla£ roatjrenb 
turner 3eit Befud)t f unb nun Bin idj fo vooty rote (Siner* 

490* ©te 5^ad)rtd)ten, bie roir geftern Befommen I)aBen, foEen ntdjt totyx 
fein* 

©^ f^eint, ate eft cinige Scute oftne aHe SSttiitje unb uT)ne SiJgcrn iebc <&a$i »icl 
Beffer tl;un foEten, at$ aubere, bie fid) bie grojjte 50?u(;e bamit geften* 



80 THE MASTERY SEEIES. 

THIRTEENTH SENTENCE. 

Bear friend, have a cheerful mind and firm 7iope of rapid convalescence 
and of complete cessation of every suffering. 

XOIX. and C. 

Dear friend, be yon of cheerful mind ; firm hope, . . . 

XCIX- 

491. My good sick friend, be cheery ; yon will "be able to go to bed 
very soon. 

492. A brighter prospect of fine weather than to-day and yesterday 
we have not had during our journey. 

493. A cheerful mind is necessary for everything, says my friend. 

494. Much time and trouble are always required for the purpose of 
learning a language perfectly. 

495. I cannot be cheerful while I know that my dearest friend is ill. 

C* 

496. Dear friend, write to me as soon as you arrive in Germany. 

497. Let me know without delay whether the last news from here 
was expected there or not. 

498. And whether business is good throughout the country, and, if 
not, whether at least safe transactions can be made with Messrs. 
Schmidt & Miiller, at Berlin. 

499. My good man, can you tell me whether the Ostend boat has 
arrived ? 

500. Would it not be better for you to make your servant do this ? 



CI. and OH. 

... of rapid convalescence, as well as complete ceasing of 
every suffering . . . 

cu 

501. Good health is better than anything. 

502. All suffering must have an end at last. 

503. That sick man knows well than an early termination of his 
long suffering is not to be expected. 

504. We will not suffer any longer delay. 

505. We have been hoping until it seems that all hope must cease 
at last. 



GEKMAH. 81 

THIRTEENTH SENTENCE. 
XCIX. and C. 

Stekr greunt, f eteit @le fro^e^ SD^ut^e^ ; fefte £offmmg ♦ ♦ ♦ 
Dear friend, be you of cheerful mind ; steadfast hope . . . 

XCIX. 

491* ©uter frcmfer greunb! ^eien Sie fro§ f <3ie Herbert ftd) mogltdjjl Mb 
ju Sett legcn fimnen. 

492. geftere §offmmg auf f^oite^ better IjaUn ix)ir auf unferer fRetfe nod) 
mcf)t ge^abtf al3 -^eute imb geftern. 

493. ©uter $tot$ tfl $u 5lHem noting, fagt mem greunb. 

494. £ange Sett unb viele Sftulje fmb pm ferttgen Semen eincr Spradje immer 

495. 3d) farm nid)t guten SttutljeS fein, tx>enn tdj tteig, bag mein lieofier greunb 
Iran! t|l. 

C- 

496. .£iekr greunb ! (odjrei&en (Bit mir, foMb aU Bit tit £)eutfdjtanb 
anfommen. 

497. £affen Sie mid) ofp Sogern ttiffen, oft bte lefcien ^adjridjten von l)ter ba 
erttartet ftorben fmb ober nid)t. 

498. ttnb ob bte ©efdjafte in bcm gan^en £anbe gut fmb, tmb, ftenn ntdjt, 
oo fid) wemgfienS ftdjere ©efdjafte mit (Sdjmtbt unb ^Mer in Berlin mad)en 
laffen. 

499. ©itter SJfonn, fimnen <Ste mir fag en, oI> ba§ ©djijf von JDjlenbe angc* 
lommcn ift ? 

500. SBurben <3ie ntdjt fteffer 3f)ren Wiener biefe Sadje tljun laffen? 

CI. and CXI 

* ♦ ♦ klfciger Befter ©ejunbtjeit, fotoie sjoUfianbiges 9htft;8rcn 
Jefe^ SetDcnS * ♦ ♦ 

. . . of-early best health, as-well-as complete ceasing of 
every suffering . . . 

ci. 

501. ©me ©efimbijeit ipeffer a!3 BffcS, 

502. 3ebe§ Seiben mufi enbltd) einmal auffjomt. 

503. £)er franfe Wlam ttmjjj ftotjl, ba§ MbigcS $uf[)oren feine3 langen 
£eiben$ nod) ntd)t in eroarten ift. 

504. £d'ngerc§ Sogern woUen voir ntdjt leiben. 

505. SS3tr tyafcn gefyofft, Me c$ fdjemt, bajj j,cbe §offmmg enbltd) aufljoven 
mug. 



82 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



CIU 

508. My friend's courage is great, and Ms hope still greater, but 
all that must come to an end at last. 

507. I have ceased hoping for the arrival of that long-expected 
news, 

508. My sick friend has, on account of his severe suffering, been un- 
able to make the long-intended journey. 

509. Leave off talking to me of the suffering of our friend. 

510. Every man ought to help a friend. 

Dear friend, be of cheerful mind ; firm hope of rapid convalescence, 
and of complete cessation of every suffering. 



FOURTEENTH SENTENCE. 

These are placed before you by the physician with full courage, entire 
firmness, and true confidence. 

GUI. and CIV. 

These are placed before you by the physician with full con- 
fidence^ entire assurance, and real faith. 

CM. 

511. They have, as it seems, given you early news. 

512. Has not the doctor told you that you may hope for an early 
termination of your suffering ? 

513. This young man always follows his old teacher's advice with 
the fullest confidence. 

514. I can tell you with absolute certainty that the acquisition of 
this language will give you much trouble. 

515. A sick man ought always to have full confidence in his doctor. 

CIV- 

516. In spite of the great assurance with which this man has said 
all this, I have no confidence in him. 

517. A short time ago, I had still full confidence in this doctor, but now 
I can say, with great certainty, that the man does not know anything. 

518. With true courage and full confidence in himself, a man can 
accomplish much which seems almost to be impossible. 

519. Must you not still send the other letters to-day ? 

520. It seems as if all commercial confidence had ceased; business 
is bad, and the prospects for the nearest future are worse still. 

These are placed before you by your physician hopefully, firmly, 
and confidently. 



GEEMA^". 83 



en. 

506* £)er Wlufy mcinea greunbed tfi grog unb feine £offmmg sri?ger f akr 
afted 2)tefe3 mug enblid) einmal auff)6ren. 

507* 3dj tyafce aufgcprt, auf bad 2Infommen ber fo lange erfoarteten Sftad)** 
rid)ten &u tyojfen. 

508* Sftcin franfer greunb ijat roegen ferne^ fdjroeren SetbeuS bie lange sor=* 
ge^abte fRetfe nicfyt madjen fomten. 

509* §oren 8ie enblid^ auf, mtr sjoit km Setbcn unfcred greunbed p 
fpredjen* 

510* Sebcr 9#ann foUte einem greunbe ^cXfen* 

£tekr greunb, feicn <Ste froljed $?utl)ed; fejle §offmmg Wbigtr kjlsr ©e* 
funbfjett, (Sonne ^ouTtanbiged #uf§oren jebe^ £eibend* 



FOTJETEENTH SENTENCE. 
Cin. and CIV. 

Diefe ftnb 3^nen &on tern Strjt mtt fcoltem SWuttj, ganger Sefttmmtljett 
imt) $al)rem SSertrauen in 2tu3fid)t gejMt. 

These are to-you by tlie physician with full courage, entire certainty, 
and true confidence in prospect placed. 

C1IU 

511. STton Ijat Slmen, rote ed fd)eint, fcalbige 3?ad)rtd)t gegekn. 

512. §at Sljnen ber $r&t ntdji gefagt, bag ©ie auf fcaibiged 2Iuf(;oren 3f)red 
£eibend |offen former* ? 

513. £)iefer junge $krm folgt fetncd aCten £el)rcrd Slat!) immtr mtt wtfftcm 
^ertrauen. 

514. 3d) lann S^nen mtt ganger 33efttmntt§eit fagen, bag bad £trnen btefer 
<Bpracr)e 3l)nen siele TOtlje madjen rotrb. 

515. (Sin iranfer mug immer soiled $ertrauen auf feinen 2Ir$t tjafon* 

CiV. 

516. £ro£ ber grogen Sejttmmtfjett, mtt ber btefer $tamt ailed £)iefed gefagt 
§at, r)ak id) lein SSertrauen in ilm. 

517. $or fur^em Ijatte idj nod) soiled ^ertrauen in biefen $rjt, after jefct lann 
id) mit groger S3e|timmt§ett fagen, bag ber Sttann nid)td roetg. 

518. SWtt roa^rem $Uttfe unb sollem $ertrauen in ftd) feifcft fann cin 5D?ann 
2>ieled madjen, road kinal) nidjt moglidj p fein fcfyemt. 

519. TOffen <Bic nict)t bie anberen SBriefe r}eute nod) fdjtffen? 

520. (£d fdjemt, aid oB ailed $ertrauen tm ®efd)d'ft aufgeljort fjatte; ©efdjaftc 
gc^eix fd)Ied)t unb bte 9ludftd)ten fur bie ndcr)fte Sett ftnb nod) fdjled)ter* 

£)iefe ftnb Stynen som 5Irjt mtt ijotlem ?0?ut^ ganjcr S3e(timmtl;ctt unb wa^rcm 
SSertrauen in 2Iudftd)t geftcKt. 



84 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



FIFTEENTH SENTENCE. 

You shall have with us friendly advice, faithful nursing and attendance, 
as well as pleasant living and very good eating and drinking. 

CV. and CVI. 

Friendly advice, faithful nursing and attendance . . . 

CV. 

521. My good and faithful friend, I cannot follow your kind advice, 
as I have no confidence in the man you told me of. 

522. You seem at last to have given up all hope of the arrival of 
these long-expected letters. 

523. More faithful nursing and better attendance we should not 
have been able to find even with you, my dear friend. 

524. Careful nursing is to every patient even more necessary than 
a good doctor. 

525. Do you believe that the news which you have led me to ex- 
pect will soon arrive ? 

CVL 

528. The view from this place is very fine. 

527. Do you not see that this man has not minded your hind 
advice ? 

528. My friend promised me any amount of good business in this 
X^lace ; but it all seems to be nothing. 

529. You pronounce German very well ; I believe you will learn it 
very soon. 

530. Have you not been in London lately ? I feel almost certain to 
have seen you there. 

CVXI. and CVIII. 

... as well as pleasant living and very good eating and 

drinking. 

CVH. 

531. For a very long time we have not had finer weather than 
to-day. 

532. Pleasant living and good eating and drinking can be had much 
more easily, and better, in a large town, like London or Paris, than in 
the country. 

533. During our most interesting voyage, of almost two years, in 
this ship, we have had at all times good eating and drinking, the 
best and kindest attendance, and a really very pleasant life. 

534. His former too good living has made him ill. 

535. Better eating than in this hotel you don't have in the whole 
town. 



GEEMAK. 85 

FIFTEENTH SENTENCE. 
CV. and CVI. 

grcunMidjen diafy, treue $f(ecje unb Sebtemmg ♦ ♦ ♦ 
Friendly advice, faithful nursing and attendance . . . 

cv. 

521* ©uter, treuer Sreunb ! Sljrem freunbltdjen fftafyt farm idj nidjt 
felgen, ba id) !cm 2)er:rauen in ben Sflamt $afce, son bcm ©ic mir gefagt 
j)aben. 

522 . Sie fdjemen iebe §offnung auf ba^ Mommen biefer Id'ngjt erttarteten 
33ricfe enblid) aufgegeften p tyafcn. 

523. Sreuere §>f(ege unb kffere SBebienung fatten u>tr felftjt ^et 3^nen, liefcer 
greunbi ntcljt fyafcen fimnen. 

524. £reue $flege ift jebem flranfen notfjiger, al$ fettfl ein guter 9Tr&t* 

525* ©taufcen Ste, ba$ bie ^ac^rtdjten fcalb anfommen tterben, bie Sie mir in 
Stfjigt geficttt I?aktt? 

CVi. 

526. 2)ie 3fo3jt<$t son btefem 9>tafee if! fefjr fdjom 

527. ©eljen <5te ntd)t, ba$ biefer iftann auf 3f)ren fremiblidjett IRatT) md>t<3 
gegekn $at ? 

528. $teingreunb $at mir an btefem $Iaj3 aHe mogltdjen guten ©efdjafte in 
SCu^ftc^t gejMt; e3 fd)eint after SHIeS ntdjts $u fern. 

529. <Sie fpred)en ba$ ©eutfdje fe§r gut au3; idj glaufte, bag ©ie e$ feljr ftalb 
lernen tr-erben, 

530. (Sinb Sie jttdjt t>or fur^em in £cnbcn gettefen ? 3d) glaufte gan$ jtdjer, 
bag id) 6ie ba gefeljen tyafte. 

CVII. and CVin. 

. . . fonrte emejenetjmes Sekn unb Befies Effen itnb Srtnfen. 
. . . as-well-as pleasant living and best eating and drinking. 

CVII, 

531. Sdjonerea ^Better, aU Ijeute, tjaften ttur fdjen fe$r lange nidjt mcl-v 
gefjaftt. 

532. SIngeneljmeS £eften unb §uk§ (Effen unb Srtnfcn fann man nt enter 
grogen Stabt, nue Sonbon cber $art<3, siet leid)ter uvib fteffer Ijaften, aI3 auf bent 
£anbe. 

533. STuf imferer fteinatj ^roei 3at>re langen fe'Ijr intereffanten $eife in btefem 
(Scfyiffe fyaften \x>ir $u j.eber Beit gute3 (Sffen unb £rinfen, ftejle frcunblid)jle 33c* 
bienung unb roirflidj feljr angene^me^ £cften geljaftt. 

534. SriiljereS ju guteS SeOert l)at tl;n franf gemad)t. 

535. S3eflere3 (£ffcn, aU in biefcm &otcl, |akn Sie in bcr ganjen Stabt 

Utd)t. 



86 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



CVIISa 

536. Our friend is living at Berlin now ; I know that formerly lie 
lived for two or three years in Paris. 

537. Too much good living easily makes one ill. 

538. I think this man drinks too much ; he seems to me to be very 
ill. 

539. Wait here a little while, whilst I inquire at the hotel at what 
hour he is expected to arrive. 

540. You read quite fast enough ; if you read too fast, you cannot 
possibly read correctly. 

You shall find with us friendly advice, faithful nursing and attend- 
ance, as w T ell as pleasant living, and very good eating and drinking. 



SIXTEENTH SENTENCE. 

These you will find loth with us and in our friends 9 house just the 
same as, or perhaps even much better than, in your own home. 

CIX. and CX. 

You shall have these with, us and in our friends' house 
just the same as, . . : 

C!X. 

541. You shall not start to-day ; you certainly cannot have worse 
weather to-morrow. 

542. The doctor says you are not to speak so much ; it makes you ill. 

543. Our friends do not seem to be well to-day. 

544. People say that you pass a short time with your friends in Eng- 
land every year. 

545. We intend very soon to make an excursion to the country- 
house of our friend Schmidt. 

CX. 

546. If you have a good business in prospect, you ought not to hes- 
itate long. 

547. Your friend's house is very pretty ; do you know it well ? 

548. I visited it yesterday, and I can well say that for a long time I 
have not seen a finer or more pleasant house. 

549. His industry is so great, that he is always to be found at his 
studies. 

550. Take this letter, and carry it to the post-office as soon as possible 



GERMAN. 87 



cvur. 

536* Unfer greunb leM iejt in Berlin; id) roeig, bag er frtttjer fur $toei ober 
brei 3a^re in 9>ari3 gelebt $at* 
537* Bit guteS £ekn madjt (Stnen letdjt Iranf* 

538* 3$ glaufte, biefer Mann trinft $u x>iei ; er fdjetnt mir fe^r Iran! in 
feitu 

539 * Garten <3te Ju'er ein ttenig, tt>al)renb id) in bent §otcl anfrage, urn &etd)e 
Sett man ifnt emartet* 

540* Ste lefen rafdj Qinn§ ; n)enn(ste ju frfnteH Xefeit rooften, fo fonnen <Sie 
unmoglid) ridjtig lefen* 

greunbUdjett Stafy, ireue SPflege Mb Skbtemtng, fonrie angenetymeS Men unb 
fceffeS (£ffen ttnb £rtnfen, fotfen <Ste ftnben* 



SIXTEENTH SENTENCE. 

CIX. and CX. 

SDiefe fotten @ie Bet un$ unt> to tmferer grewtbe £aufe cknfo ♦ ♦ ♦ 
These shall you with us and in our friends' house just the 

same . . . 

CIX. 

541* <&k fallen Ijettte nid)t mel;r retfen; fdjtedjtereS better fonnen Ste bod) 
ftdjer morgen ntdjt fjakn* 
542* £)er 5Trjt fagt, Sie fotfen nid)t fo Jriel frredjen; e$ madjt <3ie Irani* 
543* Unfere greunbe fd)einen $eute nidjt tooljl in fetn* 

544* Wan fagt, bag <Sie iebe$ Saljr eine furje Sett nttt 3^ren greunben in 
(Snglanb iekn* 

545* SBir IjaSen $or, fefjr Mb etnen -5lu£f(ug nad) btm £anbf)attfe mtfereg 
greunbeS (Sdjmtbt in madjen* 

CX- 

54G* SBenn 6ie ein gnte£ ©efdjaft in 3Tu$ft$t Ijafan, fo fallen ©te nid)t lawgc 
Sogern. 

547* £> a $ £au3 31)reS gretmbeS if! feljr fdjon; lennen Sie e$ fdjon? 
548* 3$ tyak e§ fd)on geftern fcefudjt ttnb lann tootyl fagen, bag id) tange !cin 
fd)onere$ unb angenel)mere$ $an$ gefel)en tyafce* 

549* ©ein gtetg ijl fo grog, bag man t$n immer am Stubiren futbet* 

550* 5M)me« ©ie biefen SBrtef, unb foingen <»ie tljn faklb ate moglidj ?,ur 



THE MASTERY SERIES. 



CXI. and CXH 



... or perhaps you will even find it much better than by 
yourself at home. 

CXI. 

551. Are you likely to be at home to- night ? 

552. Do you not find life here in England much more pleasant than 
in your own country ? 

553. I must go home very early to-day, as I expect many of my 
friends to supper. 

554. Do you not find that the weather is much worse here than with 
you in Germany ? 

555. I cannot say so ; I find even that this year it is much more 
pleasant here than where I came from. 

CXI I. 

556. This young man has almost entirely given up living at home. 

557. His business obliges him to travel incessantly. 

558. As he must visit almost every small town in England, he is 
obliged to drive about in a private carriage. 

559. I hear that the young lady herself intends to wait for the 
morning boat. 

500. I do not believe that this box is as good as the old one I had. 
These you will find both with us and in our fri ends' house just the 
same as, or perha}3S even much better than, in your own home. 



SEVENTEENTH SENTENCE. 

Where did the rich gentleman's valet find that poor Frenchman, and 
why did he not at once go to the messenger who is said to speak French, 
and who would ham been able to ash the nnhaypy man whence ho 
comes, and whither he means to go f 

Clin, and CXIV. 

Where did the footman of the rich gentleman find that 
poor Frenchman, . . . 

CXIll, 

50 1. Where have you been to-day with the old gentleman whose 
acquaintance I made yesterday at your house ? 

562. Have you found your friend at home ? 

563. This gentleman did not find his valet at home late last night ; 
ho thinks he drinks. 

564. That Frenchman and this German here are very poor. 

565. I have not been able to find your valet, in spite of all my en- 
deavors. 



GERMAK. 89 



CXI. and CXIL 

♦ , 4 cber *>tetfcid}t fogar fclel Beffev, ate Bet 3l)tten ju £aufe, ftntetu 

... or perhaps even much better than with yourself at home. 

CXI. 

551* ©tub Ste srietfetdjt fyeute Slbenb su £aufe? 

552. ginben <5ie ba$ £eben §tet in (Sngtanb nid)t atcl angeneljmer, al3 hi 
S!)nen &u £aufe ? 

553. 3dj mug Ijeute fel)r friilj nad) §aufe ge^ettf ba id) snele mctner gremtbe 
pm Sl&enbeffen emarte. 

554. gtnben Sie ntdjt, bag ba§ ^Better l;ter sotel fd)Icd)ter ijr, als fcet S^nen 
in £>eutfd)Ianb ? 

555. i)a$ famt id) ntdjt fagen; id) ftnbe fogar^ bag c$ in biefem 3al)r X;tcr vie! 
angenelmter i\t, aU Ui mix in £aufe* 

CX!!. 

556. liefer jimge $?ann fjat kinatj $an$ aufge^ort, p §aufe p le^en* 

557. (Bein ©efdjaft notI)tgt iljn, cfyte Stufpren g» reifen. 

558* S)a er faft jebe Heine Stabt tit (Snglanb £efud)en mug, fo mug er immer 
in einer $rh?atfutfd)e fal)ren. 

559. 3d) $5re, bag tie iunge £)ame fcortyat, ba$ SJtorgenfcfyiff felfcjl ju 
ernmrten. 

560. 3d) gtaufce nid)t, bag btefe iftjle fo gut i|t, ttrie bte alte, bie idj ^atte. 
©tefe [often ©ie Bet un3 unb in unferer greunbe §aufe ekn[o, ober *rie#eid)t 

[ogar sotrf oeffer, al$ ki Sfjnen ju. §aufe, fmbeiu 



SEVENTEENTH SENTENCE. 

CXXII. and CXIV. 

2Bo |at ter SSeMente fees reifen £emt icnen arnten grattjofen 
gefunben, ♦ ♦ * 

"Where has the footman of -the rich gentleman that poor Frenchman 

found, . . . 

CXIII. 

561. 2Bo [tub (Ste f)eute mit bem alten £errn getteftn, ben id) gejlern Hi 
3t)nen fennen geternt fytfce ? 

562. £aoen ©te 3fjren greunb in §aufe aefunben? 

563. £)iefer §err Jjat feinen SScbientcn geftern Slfcnb [pat nid)t ju §attfe gc^ 
funben; er glaitot, bag er trinft. 

564. Sencr granjofe unb biefer £)eutfd)e Ijier ftnb [eljr arm. 

565. 3dj fjafte 3I)ren 33ebtenten tro& after meiner Wityt nidjt ftnbcn 
Bntmu 



90 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



CXIV. 

56-5. Tell tlie servant to order a good supper for this German gentle* 
man ; he has been riding a long time, and must be in want of good 
eating and drinking. 

567. Do yon see that large house there ? It is very' beautiful and 
historically interesting ; we will go to see it to-morrow. 

568. Do you know where your friend is ? I saw him a short time ago. 

569. The young man would not give the letter even to this good old 
servant. 

570. As soon as we please, we can send for the luggage, and drive to 
the hotel in the town. 



CXV. and CXVI. 

. . * and why did he not at onco go to the messenger, who 
indeed is said to spealc French, . . . 

CXV. 

571. Why has your friend not gone with us? We have asked him 
two or three times. 

572. Why do you not answer if any one speaks to you ? I should 
not have expected that of you. 

573. Your friend is said to speak German quite fluently ; is that 
true, or is it only said so ? 

574. Send a messenger to the boat at once, and make him fetch our 
luggage. 

575. Very well, sir, the messenger is gone already ; I expect him in 
half an hour. 



CXVI, 

576. Your friend, the old Frenchman, is said to be very ill. 

577. The weather is said to be very bad in Germany this year. 

578. As my letters are just as pressing as those of your friend, the 
messenger must go to the post-office at once. 

579. Were you out yesterday ? The weather is said to have been 
very fine here. 

580. The young lady will not visit us to-day, as the ship has not 
been able to arrive off the coast because of the bad weather. 



GERMAN. 91 



CXIV. 

566* <3agen <5te bm Wiener, ba$ er fur Mefen £)eutf<$ett §erm em gitteS 
2t6enbeffen fcejMt; er tfl tange gefaf)ren imb mug guteS (£ffen unb £rmfen notljtg 
jafctu 

567* ©er)en <Bk jeneS grojjie &a\x$ ba ? ©3 ijl fer)r fc^5n unb r}ijrorifdj in^ 
tereffant; voir roollcn c3 morgcn kfudjetu 

568* 2Btffen £te, roo 3f)r greunb tfl ? 3$ r)ak ttjtt $or fur^em gefe^en* 

569* £)er j.unge Sflatnt $at fel&ft Mefem guten alten Wiener btn SBrief ntd)t 
gckn rooften* 

570* ©oMb al3 voir rooften, fonncn roir ba$ ©epatf §olen laffen unb j«m 
£otcl in ber ©tabt fallen* 



CXV. and CXYI. 

♦ ♦ ♦ unb waxxxm tfl er ntcftt fofort gu bent 33oiett g e g a n g e n , fcer 

}a gran3bftfd) (pre d) en foE, * ♦ ♦ 

. . . and wliy is he not at-once to the messenger gone, who indeed 
French speak shall, . . . 

CXV. 

571* 2$arum if! 3r)r greunb nidjt mit un3 gegangen? 2Btr Baku e§ ir}m 
bod) ixoti* ober bretmal gefagt* 

572* SBarum antroorten ©ie md)t, roenn mart mit Screen fpridjt? 3d) Ijdtte 
ba3 sort 3r)nen *u$t erroartet* 

573* 3^r greunb foil ja gan$ fertig £>eutfd) foremen; ijt ba3 ttatjr, ober fagt 
mart nur fo ? 

574* ©djiffeit <sie fofort etnert Soten arC$ <Sd)lff, unb laffen Sie uttfer ©e^ 
pacf f)oten* 

575* ©an$ rool)T, mein £err, ber 23ote ijl fdjon gegangen; i$ erroarte ifjn in 
etner ^alkn <5tunbe* 



CXVI- 

576* 3tjr greunb, ber atte $rcm$ofe, foil fe§r franf fein* 

577* 2)a3 better foil MefeS 3a^r in £>eutfd)lanb fer)r fc^ecfjt fern* 

578* ©a meine SBrtefe eben fo bringenb ftub, tx>ie Me 3f)re3 greunbe3, fo mug 
ber 23ote fofort iux 3>o|l ger)en* 

579* 3mb ©ie geftern ausgegangen? 2)a$ SBetter foil {a $ter fo fcr)r fd)on 
geroefen fein* 

580* £)te junge £)ame roirb mtS §eute nidjt metjr fcefudjgvt, ba ba3 <£d)iff be^ 
fd)Ied)ten Setter^ roegen nt^t an ber $itjle fyat anfommen fonnen* 



92 THE MASTERY SEEIES, 



CXYII. and CXVIIL 

. . . and who would have been able to ask the unhappy man 
whence he comes, and whither he was going? 

CXVII. 

581. Ask the old Frenchman where he comes from. 

582. Where are you going to-day? The weather is really so fine 
that everybody seems to intend to go into the country. 

583. Put this unfortunate man to bed as soon as possible, and send 
immediately for the best doctor your servant can find at home at this 
hour. 

584. Sir, let a good supper be served to us directly, and order two 
beds to be prepared. 

585. We want to go to bed directly after supper, as we expect a 
friend by train very early to-morrow morning. 



CXVill, 

586. She has come in early this morning, and will start to-morrow 
night. 

587. I know for certain that it takes almost an hour longer to go to 
town by boat than by rail. 

588. Your friend is said to have received yesterday the long-expected 
news from North America ; I must see them as soon as possible. 

589. How do you know that I pronounce German well ? You have 
not yet heard me speak. 

590. For four years I have not seen him ; but as I hear that he lives 
in this town, and as I mean to stay here three days, I must certainly 
visit him. 

Where did the rich gentleman's valet find that poor Frenchman, 
and why did he not at once go to the messenger who is said to speak 
French, and who would have been able to ask the unhappy man 
whence he comes, and whither he means to go ? 



GERMAN. 93 



CXVXI. and CXVIII. 

♦ ♦ ♦ unb ber ben nnglMttdjen Sflenfdjeit $Stte fragen fonnen, 
ttwljer er fomntt unb ml)in er ge^en n> i H ? 

. . .and who tlie unfortunate man would-have to-ask been-able 
wherefrom he comes, and whereto he to-go wishes ? 

CXVll. 

581* graven ©te ben alien gran^ofen, footer er fommt. 

582. SBoIjin gef)en ©te $eute? £>a3 better ifi roirHid) fo fdjon, bag aHe SKcn^ 
fdjen bte 2tt>fidjt p f)at>en fd)einen, auf 1 3 £anb $u ge^en* 

583. ^egen ©ie btefen unglitcflidjett SDtafdjen mogttcljjl fcalb tn 1 3 Sett, unb 
laffen ©ie fofort ben kjlen $r^t Jjolen, ben 3§r Sebienter ju biefer ©tunbe p 
§aufe ftnben faim* 

584. SPton §err, laffen ©ie im$ fofort etn guteS 3H>enbeffen fcringen unb rafdj 
gtt>ei Setten ferttg macfyen. 

585* 2Bir ttotfen gteidj nad) bem ©ouper &u Sett geT)en, ba tt>ir morgen fetyr 
friifj emeu greunb mit ber (Sifenfcaljtt erttarten. 

CXVIII, 

586* &$ x\t l;eute 2!)iorgen friilj angefommen unb n>irb morgen 9T6enb 
fasten* 

587. 3$ n>etg ganj kfltmmf, bag e$ fcinalj etne ©tunbe Id'nger pr ©tabt mit 
bem ©djiff 1(1/ al3 mit ber (£ifent>al)n. 

588. 31jr greunb foE gejlern bte lange ertoarteten Sftadjridjten son 3?crb* 
Imerifa kfommen fyxfan; id) mug fie moglic^ft fcalb fe^en. 

589. 2M)er ttiffen ©ie, bag id) ba$ ©eutfcfje gut au3ftred)e? (Bte $a£ett 
mid) nod) tttdjt fpredjen $oren. 

590. 3d) 5aBe t$tt fd)on ater 3af)re lang nid)t gefeDen; ba id) afcer $Bre, bag 
er iejt in biefer ©tabt le&t, unb ba id) brei £age I;ter fclet&en to\&, fo mug id) tl;n 
fitter kfud)en. 

$3o Ijat ber Sebtente be£ reirf)en f>crm ben armen granjofen gefunben, unb 
roarum if! er ntd)t fofort p bem Soten gegangen, ber \a gran^oftfd) fpredjen foff, 
mb ber btn unglitcflictyen $ftenfd)en pte fragen fonnen, wtyx er fommt, unb 
neuter geljenrottf? 



94 THE MASTEltY SERIES. 



EIGHTEENTH SENTENCE. 

I have not heard who and what those strange gentlemen were, when, 
how, and from whence they came here, whose friends they seemed to 
be, after what and after whom they inquired, and whom they prin- 
cipally saw. 

CXIX. and CXX. 

Who and what those foreign gentlemen (strangers) were, when, 
how, and from whence . . . 

CXIX. 

591. Do yon know those three strangers? Who are they? 

592. Who was the stranger that came home with you so late last 
night ? 

593. Your foreign friend seems to know that beautiful girl; he 
gave her a letter yesterday. 

594. When were you in Germany, and what did you do there ? 

595. What did you say ? I do not quite understand you ; my Ger- 
man does not seem to me to be first-rate yet. 

CXX, 

596. How do you mean to get this done ? It seems to me to be much 
more difficult than you think. 

597. How long do you say that your friend has been in England ? 
Only two years ? I must say, then, that, in spite of the short time he 
has lived in England, he has learnt the language exceedingly well. 

598. When do the foreign newspapers, the French and English, 
arrive here ? Every day by the evening mail. 

599. When do you expect your friend, and who is it that comes 
with him ? 

600. How is it that you don't know whether, nor for how long a 
time, your friend will be here ? 



CXXI. and CXXXL 

. . . they came here, whose friends they seemed to be, . . . 

CXXL 

601. How are your friends getting on to-day? They did not seem 
to be very well yesterday. Perhaps they are better to-day ? 

602. This old Frenchman here is very rich, and he has many ships, 
which almost all sail from Hamburg to New York. 

G03. He really speaks it almost like an Englishman, and he writes 
the language perfectly. 

604. Do you find any news from India in the paper to-day ? 

605. Whose house is this? It is that of my friend Schmidt. 



GEBMA^, 95 



EIGHTEENTH SENTENCE. 
CXIX. and CXX. 

23er tmb fta§ bie frembett £erren mar en, mnn, wit unb son 

\vo ♦ ♦ ♦ 

Wlio and what the foreign gentlemen were, when, how, and from 

where . . . 

cxix. 

59 !♦ tonen Bit bit brei fremben £>erren ba ? 5Ber ftnb fie ? 

592* 2Ber war ber grembe, ber geftern Slknb mit Stynen fo fpat nad) £aufe 
lam? 

593* Sfjr frember greunb fdjetnt ba£ fdjime $Mbdjen ba ju fennen; er $at iljx 
gejtern einen 23rief gegekn. 

594* 2$ann ttaren <Sie in £)eutfd)lanb, unb roa$ fjakn ©ie ba gemadjt? 

5^5* 2Ba3 Ijaften Bit gefagt ? 3dj ^erjle^e Bit nidjt gan$ ; mem £)eutfdj 
fdjeint mtr nod) nidjt ba§ SBefte $u fetn* 

CXX. 

596. 2Bie wotfeit (Sie btefeS fertig fcringen? @3 fdjeint mtr ml fdjwerer $u 
fein, aU Bit glaukn* 

597* 2Bie lange fagen Bit, ba$ 3$r greunb in (£nglanb geroefen if! ? Sftur 
jwei 3af)re? £)a mug id) fagen f bag er tro§ ber fur^en Sett, bte er in (Snglanb 
geleBt, bit B^xadjt fel)r gut gelernt tjat 

598 ♦ 2Bann fommen bie fremben Seitungen, bie gran^oftfdjen unb (£nglifdjcn, 
$ter an? 5lHe Sage mit ber 2Iknbpofr + 

599. SBamt ertt>artcn ©te 3§rcn greunb, unb roer fommt mit ttjrn ? 

600* 2Bte fommt e$* bag Bit nid)t ixwffeit, ol> unb auf ftie lange 3§r greunb 
|ter fern roirb ? 

CXXI. and CXXII. 

♦ ♦ ♦ ffe fytxtyx l&mtn, m\\m greunbe biefeftett ju fein 

fd)ienen, ♦ ♦ ♦ 
. . . they hereto came, whose friends they to be seemed, . . . 

CXXI. 

601* 2Ba3 mad)en 3$re gretmbe |ettte ? Bit fdjtenen gcjrern nidjt fel)r tx>oI;I 
in fetn* $ieEeid)t ftnb Bit I;eute fcffer ? 

602* liefer alte gran*ofeI)kr tjt fefyr reid), unb er fyat siele <Sd)iffe, bie MnaT) 
alle son Hamburg nad) Sta^gJorf fatyrcn. 

603* <£r fprtdjt roirfltdj kittal) gan^ rote ein (Englanber unb fdjreiftt bie ©pradje 
sooEfranbig fertig. 

604* ginben Bit I)cute Sftadjri&tctt von 3nbicn in ber Settling ? 

605* 2Beffen §au$ t(t bice ? (£0 ijl bz$ mcineS greunbeS ©djmtbt. 



98 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



cxxu- 

606. Do you see those three girls ? they are all very good-looking. 
Let us see where they are going. 

607. I have always found Italians very pleasant ; more pleasant 
than Germans or Frenchmen. 

608. These fellows know nothing ; they don't seem to me to want 
to learn anything', and I intend to send them home to-morrow. 

609. What did you think of the nursing and attendance in that hos- 
pital? Did the patients seem to have confidence in their medical 
attendants ? 

610. You must take pains with each of them ; and without trouble 
you will not be able to do anything. 



CXXIIL and CXXIV. 

. . . after what and after whom they inquired, and whom 
they mostly saw 3 I have not heard. 

CXXIM. 

611. What did your friend inquire after here yesterday evening so 
eagerly ? 

612. I have not heard whom they intended to visit here to-day. 

613. The friends I have inquired after are none of them at home, 
and I don't know another human being here. 

614. For what did you send your servant out yesterday morning? 

615. I sent him out to inquire after the young lady whom we saw 
yesterday suffering so much in the park. 

CXXIV. 

616. While we were looking at the ship arriving off the coast, there 
cams to the house a rumor that its arrival was not to be expected 
for at least another six hours. 

617. Where do you generally dine? At the English hotel, because 
I find the table better there than in any hotel in this town. 

618. Trust me, and go there with me ; you will find that what I 
say is true. 

619. As her friend did not follow her advice, he made a mistake in 
not going to the ship yesterday. 

620. I expect to be able to go to the town in that ship, if the lady 
will send her servant to the captain. 

I have not heard who and what those strange gentlemen were, 
when, how, and from whence they came here, whose friends they 
seemed to be, after what, and after whom they inquired, and whom 
they principally saw. 



GEEMAK. 97 



CXXII. 

606. <Sef)en ©ie jene bret Sftabdjen? Ste ftnb aHe brei fe^r fdjb'n. £affett 
Sie un£ fcfyen, roo fte $mge$eiu 

607* 3dj f)ak bie 3taliener immer fefjr angenet)m gefunben; angene^mer at$ 
bie Deutfdjen, ober gran^ofen* 

608* Diefe Stefdjen fonnen nufttS; fte fd)einen nttr nidjtS Xernen &u woffcn, 
mtb i(^ I;aoe $or, fte morgen nadj £aufe $u fdjicfen. 

609* 2Bie fasten 3(men bte $flege unb Sebienung in jenem £ofpitat su fein? 
<©d)ienen bte kxaxdm £krtrauen in bie 9fer$te ju Jja&en ? 

610* (Bte mitffen ftdj mtt jeber TC^e gefon; unb otme SJlitye fonnen ©ie tti$t3 
madjen. 

CXXIII. and CXXIV. 

♦ ♦ ♦ ttonad) unb naty mm fte ftd) erfunbigten, torn fte meiftens 

fa^en f \)&U td) ntd)t ge^brt^ 

. ' . after what and after whom they inquired, whom they mostly 

saw, have I not heard. 

CXXIII. 

611* SSonad) fyxt ftdj 3fjr greunb gejta 9tknb fo eifrig erfunbtgt ? 

612. Sen fte tjeute ttorgel)al>t X)abw tjter in fcfudjen, %tibt id) md)t ge* 
|ort 

613* Die Sreunbe, nadj nxldjen tdj mid) erfunbtgt tyctk, ftnb aHe nidjt gu 
§aufe, unb tdj fenne fyier leinen 9flenfdjen meljr. 

614. SBonad) Ijakn Ste 3$ren Diener gejlern Morgen au^gefdjtcfi ? 

615* 3d) X)abt tljn gefdjic!t, um fid) nadj ber Jungen Dame ju erfunbtgen, bk 
yo'xx gejlern in btm tyaxt fo fe^r (eiben fatten. 

CXXIV. 

61 6. 2Baf)renb ttrir ba$ (Sdjtff an ber $itfte anfommen fafjen, tarn $u £aufe bk 
ftfadjridjt an, ba$ bte Slnfunft bejfeloen nodj in toenigftenS fed)3 ©tunben nidjt $u 
erroarten feu 

617* %8o effen <Ste meiftetS ? Snbem (£nglifd)en £otet, ttetl tdj ba$ <£ffen 
ba fteffer ftnbe, alS in iebem §otel in btefer ©tabu 

618. SSertrauen <&k auf mid) unb geljen <Ste mtt mir ba^in; <&k ttcrben fin* 
ben, bafj tta$ ic^ fage xoctyx ift* 

619. Da t$r greunb i^rem 9^at|e nid)t gefolgt ^at, fo l)cit berfeloe ben Seller 
$emad)t, gejlern ntc^t nac^ bem @<$tff p fasten* 

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Dame i^ren Diener p bem (Sapitain fd)ic!en roirb. 

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famen, roeffen greunbe biefelben $u fein fd)tencn, roonad) unb na(^ roem pe ftd) 
erfunbigten, v»en fte metftcnS fal;en, T;ak id) ntd)t oct)ort* 



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THE 

MASTERY OF LANGUAGES; 

OR, 

THE ART OF 

SPEAKING FOREIGN. TONGUES IDIOMATICALLY. 

By THOMAS PRENDERGAST, 

LATE MADRAS CIVIL SERVICE. 



I. HANDBOOK TO THE MASTERY SERIES, 50 Cents. 
II. THE MASTERY SERIES -FRENCH, 50 Cents. 

III. THE MASTERY SERIES.-GERMAN, 50 Cents. 

IV. THE MASTERY SERIES.-SPANISH, 50 Cents. 



OPINIONS OF FOREIGN JOURNALS: 

u Prendergast s Mastery Series is the name of a collection of little books 
designed for the teaching of foreign languages, on what we are sure Mr. 
Lowe would call the true principle. That principle may be explained in 
a line — it is first learning the language and then studying the grammar, 
instead of first studying the grammar and then learning — or trying to 
learn — the language. We are with Mr. Prendergast wholly, and can cor- 
dially recommend his German and French instruction books." — Morning 
Star. 

"Among the many educational books noticed by us, those of Mr. 
Thomas Prendergast are not the least valuable. This plan is designed to 
secure economy of time and labor, by compressing a great deal of the lan- 
guage into a small compass, and excluding every thing not essential. We 
can heartily commend them." — John Bull. 

" The object of the author of this series of Manuals is to facilitate the 
learning of a foreign language by pursuing the course which Nature seems 
clearly to indicate as the proper one. . . . By steadily pursuing the course 
prescribed by the author, the pupil will easily and speedily acquire the 
power of using the idiomatic forms of a foreign language as fluently and 
promptly as those of his mother tongue."— JBeU y s Messenger. 

" Mr. Prendergast leaves no stone unturned to endeavor to make his 
theory clear, and he argues it out with such power and truth that one can- 
not help going along with him, feeling that his statements are sensible 
and just." — Dublin Evening Mail. 



11 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

" The question is suggested, therefore, in making ourselves acquainted 
with a foreign idiom, should we begin or end by studying its grammar ? 
Should we not first ascertain what that idiom is, and afterward classify 
the facts ascertained ? Should we not, in short, prefer the inductive to 
the deductive process ? It was Mr. Prendergast's experience in India that 
led him to ponder whether the natural system of acquiring a command of 
language did not possess an intrinsic superiority over the ordinary plan. He 
came to the conclusion that to know how two or three hundred words should 
be arranged in all possible combinations in any given language is to have 
a practical command or 4 mastery ' of that language. . . . We know that 
there are some who have given Mr. Prendergast's plan a trial, and dis- 
covered that, in a very few weeks, its results had surpassed all their antici- 
pation." — Record. 

" We have argued the subject in our own mind, but we must frankly 
confess that we have found all our objections answered in an apparently 
satisfactory manner in the ' Handbook.' ... In so far as we are enabled 
to judge, the 4 Mastery System 7 is worthy of an unprejudiced trial." — 
Greenock Advertiser. 

" Mr. Prendergast's * Mastery System ' for the learning of foreign lan- 
guages appears to have been partially adopted by M. Duruy, the French 
Minister of Public Instruction, who has found that it is much easier to 
teach a pupil to speak a foreign language than to teach him to read it with 
fluency. Under the more natural system which is now pursued in the 
public schools, it appears from the Bulletin Administratif de V Instruction 
Publique that the number of* pupils who can speak a foreign language has 
doubled." — Academia. 

" * The Mastery System ' is the term applied by Mr. Prendergast to a 
method, which he would probably say that Nature invented, but which he 
has analyzed and applied, of speaking foreign languages idiomatically. . . . 
A week's patient trial of the French Manual has convinced us that the 
method is sound, and will, if patiently followed, lead to the result pro- 
posed. The Handbook is well named, and contains many suggestions of 
great interest upon the various methods in use of acquiring a knowledge 
of foreign tongues. ... It is worthy of attentive study ,^ and, as a most 
thoughtful analysis of the attitude and action of the mind in acquiring 
the power of speech, must interest every one who loves education, whether 
he wish or not to apply the method to help himself in becoming a lin- 
guist."-— Papers for the Schoolmaster. 

"At a moment when the old methods of education, whether special 
or general, are being duly overhauled, Mr. Prendergast's views on so im- 
portant a subject as the best mode of teaching, and the readiest way of ac- 
quiring languages, ought not to be overlooked." — Leader. 

" The principle on which the system is based is in direct opposition to 
the old-fashioned notion that the study of grammar is the proper intro- 
duction to a language. . . . The simplicity and naturalness of the system 
are obvious, and we commend it to the attention of philologists and 
students." — Midland Counties Herald (Birmingham). 

" To say that a man shall not learn a language before learning its gram- 
mar is as agreeable to common-sense as the remark of the Irishman, that 
he would never venture into the water before he had learned to swim. . . . 
But where the facts are not only palpable, but even easier to be learned 
than the theory, we hold it to be sheer waste of toil to learn the theory 
first. Learn logic, mathematics, history, to exercise the mind, while the 
process of learning languages is lasting ; afterward grammar will take its 
proper place as an adjunct to them, and will illustrate logic, and be 



OPINIONS OF THE PKESS. Ill 

illustrated by it in turn. . . . Mr. Prendergast, in his handbook to the 
4 Mastery Series,' lucidly and forcibly sets forth the faults of the old sys- 
tem, and gives many most useful hints for the formation of a new one. 
. . . "We join with Mr. Prendergast in his regrets that Latin is now no 
longer cultivated as a spoken language ; and would suggest that, if ever it 
should be destined to regain its place as the common language of culti- 
vated men of different countries in their mutual intercourse, it should 
be on the system which Mr. Prendergast has ably expounded that it be 
learned. We would willingly see a handbook to Latin on the modern 
plan from his pen." — Edinburgh Courant. 

" A philosophical work on the { Mastery of Languages.' "-—Paper read 
be/ore the Church Schoolmasters' Association, by Mr, Maker. 

"Nothing is perhaps more greatly coveted than the power of speaking 
foreign tongues, and yet how few there are who attain it ! . . . The point 
in dispute is, when the grammar should be used. Nobody pretends that a 
perfect acquaintance with a language can be gained in any case without 
studying a systematic exposition of its principles ; but the question is, 
should the philosophy of a language be studied before learning its chief 
words and idioms ? Mr. Prendergast says no, and has defended his posi- 
tion at great length, and with great skill. ... To gain a thorough com- 
mand of the common phrases which the majority use exclusively, and all 
men use chiefly, is the goal at which the ' Mastery System ' aims, and we 
think that that goal can be reached by its means more easily and in a 
shorter time than by any method yet made known. . . . With such a 
preparation the Englishman may go abroad and open his mouth confi- 
dently. . . . We know of no other plan which will infallibly lead to this 
result in a reasonable time, and therefore we heartily recommend the 4 Mas- 
tery System.' Manuals of the French and German have been published, 
and the method will no doubt be applied to other languages." — Norfolk 
News. 

" If Mr. Prendergast will publish a selection of sentences, with speci- 
mens of their manipulation, and an abridged table of inflections, he may 
easily find readers who will give his theory a fair trial ; and we are strongly 
disposed to believe that the result of such an experiment would be a very 
general adoption of the principles on which the * Mastery of Languages ' 
is based." — The Eeader. 

"Excellent in the main, and worthy of attention from every one inter- 
ested in the 4 Mastery of Languages.' Set forth with much lucid explana- 
tion and many skilful arguments." — Examiner. 

" This is a book written with understanding. ... It is not, like many 
other treatises, a favorite idea, inflated by all manner of devices and ac- 
commodations to the bulk of a volume ; it is a system carefully and philo- 
sophically deduced from the author's own experience and observation." — 
Daily News. 

" This system possesses many excellent features." — London Revieio. 

" This book is very full, and deserves attention ; its pages are crowded 
with suggestive remarks. . . . The writer is entitled to the attention of 
philologists and teachers of language." — Athenceum. 

" We can recommend this method from personal experience, having had 
the pleasure of trying it ourselves. Two hundred words or a language 
previously unknown, combined in idiomatic sentences, were duly mastered 
in the way proposed, by studying them five minutes at a time, five or six 
times a day, and, when permission was given to refer to a grammar, great 
was the astonishment as well as the delight felt, on discovering that the 
rules of syntax were known already." — Female Missionary Intelligencer. 



IV THE MASTERY SERIES. 

" Curious and interesting book . . . clear and lively in its treatment. 
. . . Full of useful hints. ... As a rule, the older the facts, the greater 
the originality. It therefore appears to us that Mr. Prendergast deserves 
the highest credit for the rare novelty with which he has invested a 
thoroughly trite theme. ... He works out the leading principles with 
the most rigorous and unflinching logic, to their ultimate conclusions. 
Nothing can really be simpler or more practical than the principle upon 
which it is based." — Madras Athenceum. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

" What have we, in fact, in Prendergast' s 4 Mastery Series' but an 
adoption, and we are ready to suppose an improvement, on the old middle- 
age ' Colloquies of Corderv? ' We believe it is the true method of learn- 
ing languages. The learning of the right use of right words must be a 
question of memory of words till it becomes a matter of habit. Eeason, 
or understanding, except as connected with memory, has precious little to 
do with it." — Freeman'' s Journal. 

" Mr. Prendergast' s ' Mastery System ' of teaching languages, which has 
recently been introduced in England, and met there with the most extraor- 
dinary success, is truly a marvel of simplicity and ingenuity; and we 
cannot too strongly urge teachers and students of German and French to 
give the above-named manuals a trial. Teachers will find that this new 
system considerably lessens their arduous task, and that it offers more 
guarantees of speedy and certain success than any of the old theories ; and 
the students will not have to burden their minds with all that mass of un- 
necessary rubbish with which most of the French and German grammars 
now in use abound ; and will, after a comparatively short time, not only be 
able to read the languages, but to speak aud pronounce them correctly." — 
Lafayette Courier. 

" The system is as near as can be the one in which the child learns to 
talk, adapted to the adult, and, if carefully preserved, must be successful." 
— Troy Whig. 

" When any one remembers the vast amount of time, labor, and money, 
often expended in schools in actually gaining very little practical knowl- 
edge of foreign languages, this method is entitled to an examination. Evi- 
dently, much can be done by the proposed plan." — St. Louis Democrat. 

" We do not hesitate to venture the opinion that, if Mr. Prendergast' s 
works can be brought to the attention of teachers in this country, they will 
effect a great change in the method of teaching foreign languages." — The 

JSFation. 

u The Handbook lucidly sets forth the principles of the system, which 
seeks to attain the power of using the idiomatic forms of a foreign language 
as fluently and promptly as those of the mother tongue." — Providence Press. 

11 There can be no doubt that this system is peculiarly adapted to be 
serviceable to that multitude of adult Americans who, without any pre- 
liminary preparation of study, steam over to Europe and back, as one of 
the acts without which the drama of life would be incomplete. To this 
class of travellers, and for their special use, we cannot too warmly com- 
mend the new system which Mr. Prendergast has so ingeniously devised." 
— Worcester Spy. 



OPINIONS OF THE PEESS. V 

" The system is attractive from the first, and we would advise oil who 
are about to begin the study of French or German to give it a thorough 
trial." — Rochester Democrat. 

" There is a delightful novelty about the theory which is quite charm- 
ing, and which seems to have a solid basis of truth to rest upon." — Boston 
Congregationalism 

" We should judge that it possesses important advantages over the 
ordinary methods, for those who desire to learn to speak a foreign lan- 
guage quickly and fluently." — Springfield Republican. 

" The chief feature is the selection of some long sentence thoroughly 
committed to memory, and evolving shorter sentences, or variations, from 
the words of which it is composed, simply by re-arrangement. Grammar- 
is deferred till the language is learned. This plan is somewhat different from 
the Ollendorffian method, inasmuch as the latter mingles grammar with 
the exercises." — Gospel Messenger. 

u Itis certainly a startling innovation, but Mr. Prendergast makes out a 
very strong and clear case, and his method should receive a fair and 
thorough trial." — Philadelphia Inquirer. 

" It may not be improper for me to state that I made it my first duty, on 
arriving in Germany, to apply myself to the study of the German language, 
that I might, to some extent at least, be able to understand what I was to 
hear in the German deaf-mute schools, and to communicate with Germans 
without relying in all cases on the assistance of interpreters. And I feel 
that I owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Thomas Prendergast, of London, by 
the aid of whose valuable suggestions, as set forth in his able work on the 
1 Mastery of Languages' . . . I was enabled, in a comparatively limited 
period, to attain a fluency in conversational German which was of incalcu- 
lable assistance in the prosecution of my work in Europe." — Tenth Annual 
Report of the President of the Columbia Institution, New Yorlc, to the United 
States Government. 



OPINIONS OF THE FEENCH J0TJKHAL8. 

u Les modeles de phrases, le3 tournures idiomatiques, les expressions 

out ete choisis avec un soin scrupuleux et un gout eclaire C'est la 

conversation, c'est la causerie de salon qu'il pratique, qu'il obtient." . . . 

" Quant a la partie technique, elle cede le pas a la partie pratique, 
Bymptome essentiellement anglais : ce peuple-la veut des resultats et les 
obtient par satenacite et sa resolution." . . . 

"La grammaire, suivant notre philologue, qui parle ex cathedra, en 
s appuyant sur une synthese fortement raisonnee selon le mode de Bacon, 
et sur une experience dejabien etendue de son systeme ; la grammaire que 
nous enseignons avant la composition des phrases et la pratique des voca- 
bles ; la grammaire se fait, se compose, s'ordonne et se constitue de toutes 
pieces dans la tete de l'elcve, sans qu'il soit besoin de la lui ensei^ner 
theoriquement." ... ° 

"L'idee philosophiquo qui cxplique et soutient ce systeme si nouveau 
se trouve dcveloppee clans la partie du traite intitulee ' Handbook.' "— 

Rev ae hritannique. 



VI THE MASTERY SERIES. 

u Les professeurs do langues et les philologues trouveront dans lcs 
petits traites de M. Thomas Prendergast tout un systeme fort original de 
Part si difficile de Penseignement pratique, natur el et rationnel des langues 
vivantes. Le probleme de 1' acquisition par un etranger de la conversation, 
de la causerie familiere, est dans la premiere partie pose, analyse, discute 
et resolu en dehors de toute routine, avec des vues nouvelles, avec la force 
de la conviction raisonnee, avec 1' eclat du succes accompli. L' application 
de cette methode, aussi simple qu'efficace, est Pobjet d'un opuscule d'une 
centaine de pages pour chaque langue. Au moyen d'une centaine demots 
choisis avec discernement, par Pemploi scientifiquement combine de cer- 
taines tournures de phrases generales ou speciales, avec une petite table 
synoptique des parties variables du discours, un el eve intelligent, patient, 
observateur, peut acquerir en peu de temps Part de parler, d'ecnre et de 
causer : telle est meme P elasticity de ce systeme, que la science du langage, 
la grammaire ? se cree et se constitue dans 1' esprit de Peleve aussi naturelle- 
ment, aussi surement que son application." — La Colonne. 

" La connaissance des langues etrangeres est une des questions que les 
besoins internationaux mettent de plus en plus a Pordre du jour. Ce 
probleme, Pun des plus ardus de P education, combien de fois n'a-t-il pas 
ete pose, combien de fois resolu ! M. Thomas Prendergast nous en offre 
une solution fort originale dans sa 4 Mastery Series.' 11 pose, discute et 
resout victorieusement le probleme de la conversation et de la science autre 
que la langue maternelle. La theorie de ce systeme, contenue dans le 
4 Handbook,' est exposee avec ampleur et conviction ; tous ceux qui s'occu- 
pent de Penseignement y trouveront des vues originales, des idees qui 
sortent de notre routine journaliere. La demonstration pratique faite pour 
chaque langue est Pobjet d'un autre opuscule, ou ceux qui veulent appren- 
dre so.voient tout d'abord delivres du grand epouvantail des commen- 
gants — Pas de grammaire ! L'auteur choisit une centaine de mots, les plus 
importants et les plus usuels : ce sont les corps simples de sa chimie philo- 
logique. II les combine et les travaille en suivant, en appliquant, en imi- 
tant les f 
varices au i 



grammaire, 

son esprit comme le resultat synthetique de ses observations et de ses 

etudes. En unmot, e'est le systeme le plus pratique que la philologie ait 

produit pour Penseignement des langues etrangeres." — JU Impartial de 

jBouiogne-sur-Mer. 



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